[Advaita-l] Swami Nischalananda Saraswathi replies to ISKCON's claims of Advaita being a Mayavadi

[Srinath Vedagarbha]

On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 9:45 PM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

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>
>  Amritabindu Upanishad:
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>  न निरोधो न चोत्पत्तिर्न बद्धो न च साधकः ।
>  न मुमुक्षुर्न वै मुक्त इत्येषा परमार्थता ॥॥   cited by Gaudapada in the
> Mandukya Karika.
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> There is no creation, no dissolution, none bound, no aspirant, none
> liberated. This is the absolute truth.
>

On the contrary, bhAgavata 10th skanda 5th slOka says;

EkaM paraMjyOtir ananyam adhvayam sva-smastAyA nitya nirastakalmaSaM,
brahmAkhyam asyOdhbhavanAdi hEtubhiH sva-lakShaNai lakShitabhAva nivrutim

Thus the creation is said to be very svalaxaNa of Brahman; and there by
refuting both no-creation vAda of Gaudapaadachrya and also tathASta-laxaNa
vAda of Shankara.

/sv