[Advaita-l] Transcending Science is now launched.

[V Subrahmanian]

On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 10:44 AM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 7:36 AM Kuntimaddi Sadananda via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
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>> Ragavji - PraNAms
>> The title is Journey Beyond: A Non-Dual Approach. What you say is
>> correct. Non-duality is in spite of the apparent duality.
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> In the above context would it be correct to make the statement 'भेदः
> व्याप्यः, अभेदः व्यापकः' (Difference is pervaded by Non-difference)? In One
> there can be many. I am reminded of the famous shloka which appears as a
> dhyanashloka in Vishnu Sahasranama is the last shloka of
> Shrutisaarasamuddharanam of Totakacharya!:
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> भूः पादौ यस्य नाभिर्वियदसुरनिलश्चन्द्र सूर्यौ च नेत्रे
> कर्णावाशाः शिरो द्यौर्मुखमपि दहनो यस्य वास्तेयमब्धिः ।
> अन्तःस्थं यस्य विश्वं सुरनरखगगोभोगिगन्धर्वदैत्यैः
> चित्रं रंरम्यते तं त्रिभुवन वपुषं विष्णुमीशं नमामि ॥
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> Here, the entire creation of an extremely wide variety, naanaatva, without
> leaving out any category, low and high, living and otherwise, is stated to
> be the very 'body' of the One Brahman. Only an Advaitin can appreciate this
> without distorting the purport of the author of the same. The distortion
> can take forms like:  The idea is of dependent and svatantra,
> sharira-atma, taadaatmyam, etc.
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It is interesting to note that Totakacharya, while composing the above
text   Shrutisaarasamuddharanam is inspired by another famous shloka (
which appears as a dhyanashloka in Vishnu Sahasranama )while doing the
invocation -


त्रैलोक्यनाथहरिमीड्यमुदारसत्त्वं शक्तेस्तनूजतनयं परमेष्ठिकल्पम् ।
जीमूतमुक्तविमलाम्बरचारुवर्णं वासिष्ठमुग्रतपसं प्रणतोऽस्मि नित्यम् ॥ १ ॥

Here the verse that comes to our mind is:

व्यासं वसिष्ठनप्तारं शक्तेः पौत्रमकल्मषम्‌।
पराशरात्मजं वन्दे शुकतातं तपोनिधिम्

व्यास पहले वसिष्ट का प्रपोत्र और शक्ति का पोता हैं। वे पराशर के पुत्र और
शुक के पिता हैं। मैं व्यास जो सभी दोषों से मुक्त और तपस्या का खज़ाना है उसे
दण्डवत प्रणाम करता हुँ।



regards

subbu

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> The One Brahman is the Vyapaka and the variety is vyapya. Shankara has
> said in the BGB that this relationship is one of adhyasta and adhishthana
> type.
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> बहिरन्तश्च भूतानामचरं चरमेव च ।
> सूक्ष्मत्वात्तदविज्ञेयं दूरस्थं चान्तिके च तत् ॥ १५ ॥  13.15
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>  अचरं चरमेव च, यत् चराचरं देहाभासमपि तदेव ज्ञेयं यथा रज्जुसर्पाभासः ।
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> regards
> subbu
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