[Advaita-l] Taattvika Abheda and vyavaharika bheda in Dvaita and Advaita

[Srinath Vedagarbha]

On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 11:31 AM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> You are unaware that Advaita accepts Shakti for Brahman for otherwise
> Brahman is incapable of doing anything. BSB 1.4.3:
>
>
You are forgetting such admittance is only a upAya to explain this creation
and not a real admittance. You cannot argue based on such  interim
position. It is an vyabhichAra in the vAda.



> Satya bheda is denied by Madhva across bhagavadrupas. He has said:
> accepting abheda and bheda will lead to andha tamas.
>

You are missing the point. What is being denied is seeing bhEda in
shkati/vIrya/jnyAna between bhagavat rUpas. This is what Iskonites does by
saying Krishna is superior to Narayana and other forms etc.. Madhva does
not deny the very presence of these avataara rUpas and the difference
between various qualities exhibited in those rUpas. For example -- some
rUpas exhibits pure bala kArya (such as matsya narasimAdi rUpas), some
other rUpas exhibits jnyAna kaarya (such vyAsa kapilAdi rupas), yet in some
other KrishnAdi rupAs both types are exhibited. What is being denied is one
should not see lack of jnAna in NarashimAdi rUpa and lack of bala in
vyasAdi rUpas etc.

/sv