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

[V Subrahmanian]

On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 9:39 PM Venkatraghavan S <agnimile at gmail.com> wrote:

> Namaste Bhaskar ji,
>
> On Tue, 7 Feb 2023, 10:23 'Bhaskar YR' via advaitin, <
> advaitin at googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>    - In fact, if we accept bheda between two forms of Ishvara in all
>>    respects in vyavahAra then it is as good as saying there are two Ishvara-s,
>>    which would be absurd. But to avoid that we do not have to admit there is
>>    atyanta abheda between two forms of Ishvara in vyavahAra either. Nor do we
>>    have to say only one of the two is Ishvara either, as vishiShTAdvaita /
>>    dvaita say.
>>
>>
> We instead say both Shiva and Vishnu are Ishvara only, they have just
> taken different names and forms for our benefit.
>

And what Veda Vyasa has said in the Mahabharata:
रुद्रो नारायणश्चैव सत्त्वमेकं द्विधा कृतम्।
लोके चरति कौन्तेय व्यक्तिस्थं सर्वकर्मसु।। 12-350-27a 12-350-27b.

[Rudra and Narayana are only two manifestations of One Principle.......]

regards
subbu

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