[Advaita-l] On the need for the jivanmukta to "act"

[H S Chandramouli]

On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 2:10 PM Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

<< Because the worlds themselves are also Brahman.  There is nothing that
is

not Brahman.  So the process of realizing the self is not a subtractive
but an additive one. In other words the goal is not to destroy the
world-appearance but to encompass and extend it >>,

Perhaps not exactly. Worlds as experienced (prior to Realization)
 constitute सोपाधिकभ्रा॔ति (sOpAdhikabhrAnti), involving two “entities”
namely the नामरूपात्मक (nAmarUpAtmaka)  world and Brahman.  On Realization,
the नामरूपात्मक (nAmarUpAtmaka) aspect constituting the worlds is rejected
(destroyed, cognitively) leaving (cognitively) ONLY the अस्तिभातिप्रिया
(astibhAtipriyA) aspect pertaining to Brahman.

Regards

On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 2:10 PM Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 7 Feb 2019, Akilesh Ayyar via Advaita-l wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to understand an interesting scriptural point. The question is
> > what is the best interpretation of the rationale given for *why* the
> > jivanmukta acts or should act in the world.
> >
> > In the Bhagavad Gita (3:22-24), Bhagavan states that if He did not do
> > anything, the three worlds would fall apart. And so he does do, despite
> not
> > needing anything Himself.
> >
> > The question is, given the immutability of the Self, so what if the
> worlds
> > fall apart? What is the scriptural argument against such destruction? Why
> > would this matter at all?
> >
>
> Although you got some answers it looks like the conversation went on a
> slight tangent.  So I hope the following answer is helpful.
>
> Because the worlds themselves are also Brahman.  There is nothing that is
> not Brahman.  So the process of realizing the self is not a subtractive
> but an additive one. In other words the goal is not to destroy the
> world-appearance but to encompass and extend it.
>
>
>
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