[Advaita-l] Need resources

Kartik Vashishta kartik.unix at gmail.com
Sat Apr 16 01:06:35 EDT 2022


OM
OM NAMAH SIVANANDAYA

Revered Self,

Sadar Pranam,

I wish you comfort and peace.

I'm trying to understand some of blessed Sri Sri Swami Krishnananda Ji's
works:

From: https://www.swami-krishnananda.org/disc/disc_137.html

"Philosophical disquisitions often have the tendency to hold the opinion
that the idea of God is, after all, an idea, and an idea need not be a
reality. This is a very critical point which one has to face in deeper
analysis of human situations. Can an idea be identified with existence, or
does an idea merely remain an idea isolated from what we can regard as true
existence? There is a peculiar mystery behind the very idea of perfection
arising in our minds. The mystery is this, which we have to analyse further
with a little bit of caution and subtlety of thought. The idea that the
idea of God may be an idea is also an idea. So, we are not sure as to where
we are standing."
<snip>
"The notion of God will be accepted to be a simple notion and, therefore,
we need not acquiesce in the attribution of any reality or existence to
this idea or notion of the existence of God or perfection. Accepted. But
the refusal to accept the presence of any reality or the element of
existence in the idea or notion of God is an idea which will not again
agree that it also should be identified with a mere idea minus existence.
This is a very great subtle point that is hidden behind the workings of our
minds.

A denial of a thing does not wish to be denied itself. If that denial is
denied, its value goes, and it ceases to be a denial. So the idea that the
idea of God cannot be equated with existence cannot be an idea merely,
minus existence. It has to have some existence, some reality. Otherwise, we
run into an infinite regress of arguments where we do not come to any
conclusion at all. And this inconclusive way of arguing is called logical
fallacy. It is not logic at all. It is not argument. It is not any
acceptable statement. The insistence on the preceding idea, namely the idea
of the refusal to accept the idea of God as identical with reality or
existence, is a proof that the idea of God is identical with the existence
of God."

Not being able to understand. Please suggest some resources
(books/discourses/your take/etc.
In gratitude,

Pranam,

OM
Kartik Vashishta
OM


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