[Advaita-l] Krama mukthi in advaitha siddhantam.

[V Subrahmanian]

On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 6:15 PM Raghav Kumar Dwivedula via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> In advaita vedanta, vaikuNTha and kailAsha are understood to be part of or
> located in brahmaloka in the seven loka hierarchy beginning bhUH, bhuvah
> etc.
>

Yes, Narayana Bhattatiri, in his Narayaneeyam, has established the above
view alone. Not just this, in Advaita, the shAkta, kaumara, gANapatya and
saura, all these bhaktas will end up in that one loka that is given the
common nomenclature Brahmaloka.

>
> Also its incorrect to say there is no time and space in vaikuNTha because
> even vaiShNavas accept that mahaviShNu can move and interact with other
> jIvas who have attained salokya (residence in vaikuNTha). You can see Sri
> Jaldhar's reply for details about salokya, sArUpya etc.
>

In the Mundakopanishad 3.2.6 bhashya Shankara says:


परामृताः परम् अमृतम् अमरणधर्मकं ब्रह्म आत्मभूतं येषां ते परामृता जीवन्त एव
ब्रह्मभूताः, परामृताः सन्तः परिमुच्यन्ति परि
समन्तात्प्रदीपनिर्वाणवद्भिन्नघटाकाशवच्च निवृत्तिमुपयान्ति परिमुच्यन्ति परि
समन्तान्मुच्यन्ते सर्वे, न देशान्तरं गन्तव्यमपेक्षन्ते । ‘शकुनीनामिवाकाशे
जले वारिचरस्य वा । पदं यथा न दृश्येत तथा ज्ञानवतां गतिः’ (मो. ध. १८१-९) ‘
अनध्वगा अध्वसु पारयिष्णवः’ (?) इति श्रुतिस्मृतिभ्याम् ; देशपरिच्छिन्ना हि
गतिः संसारविषयैव, परिच्छिन्नसाधनसाध्यत्वात् । ब्रह्म तु समस्तत्वान्न
देशपरिच्छेदेन गन्तव्यम् । यदि हि देशपरिच्छिन्नं ब्रह्म स्यात्,
मूर्तद्रव्यवदाद्यन्तवदन्याश्रितं सावयवमनित्यं कृतकं च स्यात् । न त्वेवंविधं
ब्रह्म भवितुमर्हति । अतस्तत्प्राप्तिश्च नैव देशपरिच्छिन्ना भवितुं युक्ता ॥


The liberated do not travel to any other place/loka, for any such travel
will imply that the jiva is still in samsara. Since Brahman is infinite,
the jnani who has realized his identity with Brahman, also being the
Infinite Brahman alone, does not go anywhere upon death.  For, Brahman is
not a finite place to be reached/attained.  If Brahman were located in a
place then Brahman, being no different from any formed object, will have to
have a beginning and end, and be dependent on something else, be made of
parts, and ephemeral, and a produced one.  Brahman can never be of this
nature.  Thus, the ‘attainment’ of Brahman cannot be involving any locating
in some other place.


regards

subbu