[Advaita-l] How do you explain this?

[H S Chandramouli]

I am sorry. In presenting further elaboration, I might have moved away from
the current topic of the discussion, namely the text of Ramaraya Kavi. My
apologies.

Regards

On Sat, Jan 19, 2019 at 5:00 PM H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
wrote:

> PraNams Sri Sadananda Ji,
>
> Reg << The second one is Iswara as saguna Brahman who is karaNam-
> kaaraNam kartaa, etc. sarvajnatvam and sarvashaktitvam, antaryamin etc all
> at this level I suppose - here dRisyatvam is more valid as we are fully in
> the vyaavahaarika level. >>,
>
> Yes. But with a caveat. At the vyAvahArika level, this is mithya only,
> with Brahman (minus mAyA) as the satya adhishthAna, including Iswara and
> all other jIvAs. That is because Brahman is ajnAta at this level, both in
> the role of Iswara as well as in the entire dRishya prapancha, and remains
> uncognized. For example, in sushupti, wherein dRishya prapancha is absent
> but still Brahman remains uncognized. On the other hand, Brahman is the one
> and only Conscious entity, obtaining in and thru the entire dRishya
> prapancha, including all the other jIvAs. This is in contrast to other
> darshanAs which postulate multiple Conscious entities. From this standpoint
> of Consciousness (Brahman),  Iswara and all other jIvAs are all satya only,
> being Brahman only. Hence the advaitic sidhanta in a nutshell
>
> << श्लोकार्धेन प्रवक्ष्यामि यदुक्तं‌ ग्रन्थकोटिभिः|
> ब्रह्म सत्यं जगन्मिथ्या जीवो ब्रह्मैव नापरः || >>
>
> << shlokArdhena pravakShyAmi yaduktaM granthakoTibhiH|
>
> brahma satyaM jaganmithyA jIvo brahmaiva nAparaH || >>.
>
> Thus, Iswara (and other jIvAs) can be considered as satya or mithya
> depending upon standpoint. But all other entities in dRsyaprapancha, namely
> jagat, are mithyA only.,
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> On Sat, Jan 19, 2019 at 3:35 PM kuntimaddi sadananda <
> kuntimaddisada at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Chandramouliji - PraNAms.
>>
>> You seem to be zeroing in in terms of the explanation. First one as you
>> mentioned may be taTastha lakshnam - including the dRisyatvam aspect.
>>
>> The second one is Iswara as saguna Brahman who is karaNam- kaaraNam
>> kartaa, etc. sarvajnatvam and sarvashaktitvam, antaryamin etc all at this
>> level I suppose - here dRisyatvam is more valid as we are fully in the
>> vyaavahaarika level.
>>
>> Just a thought.
>>
>> Hari Om!
>> Sadananda
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