[Advaita-l] rAma-krishna-shiva-durga etc. are not same in shAstric vyavahAra!!!

[Kaushik Chevendra]

I think the abedha being talked about is in regards to one isvara. It's
well known there aren't many isvaras even in vyavhara. Shankaracharya makes
it clear in his gita bhasya that there is only one isvara.
This isvara who is essentially formless takes up various forms such as
Rama, krishna etc. So the abedha is in regards to isvara and not in upasana
vidhi.

On Fri, 3 Feb, 2023, 10:28 am Bhaskar YR via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> praNAms
> Hare Krishna
>
> When you agree dvaita in vyavahAra why not agree bedha in devata in
> shAstric vyavahAra ??  I humbly ask my fellow advaitins.  Yes in paramArtha
> when there is no bedha even jeeva and brahma no question of bedha
> whatsoever.  But when we are dealing with vyAkruta jagat in vyavahAra where
> upAdhi visheshaNa holds sway why and what is the necessity to think all
> devata-s are one!!??  If that is the case even in vyavahAra also why only
> abedha among ONLY devata-s why not abedha between jeeva and Ishwara!!??.
> But in vyavahAra we the tiny jeeva-s would strive to get jnana, we have our
> ishta devata and the particular upAsana and archana vidhi and more
> interestingly different gods have different family, different legacy and
> different stories behind them.  So, IMHO, when we consider upAdhi veshesha
> brahma or sOpAdhika brahma or guNa vishesha brahma there is absolutely no
> problem in holding them as different.  Seeing the difference does not
> anyway mean we are scaling them like one upAdhi is superior to another or
> one upAdhi is inferior or incapable to do certain things.  All upAdhi
> veshesha kArya brahman is equally capable to give everything to their
> respective upAsaka-s and ArAdhakas.  But with the paramArtha drushti in
> mind we should not mix these different gods and do girija kalyANa to rAma
> and seetha kalyANa to shiva since shiva and rAma have their own family in
> shastric vyavahAra.  When the 'shape' is different and shaping of these
> deities have their own history why mix it unnecessarily ??  rAma is rAma
> only and krishna is krishna only rAma is eka patni vratastha and krishna is
> nitya and shuddha brahmachAri!!  Shiva is having ganga and shakti on his
> left whereas rAma is with seeta and his parivAra.  ekaM sat viprA bahudA
> vadanti, tattva is ONE and vyAkruta rUpa of that ONE tattva with the
> association of upAdhi is definitely different in shAstric vyavahAra.
> shArda is shArada and chandramouleeshwara is chandramouleeshwara only
> upAsana, archana vidhi, mantra viniyOga all are different keeping upAdhi
> vishesha in mind.  And keeping the upAsya, upAsana and upAsaka triad in
> mind.
>
> Just my few thoughts.
>
> Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
> bhaskar
>
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