[Advaita-l] ***UNCHECKED*** Re: Re: [advaitin] What is the glue that binds Brahman and Maya together?

[H S Chandramouli]

Namaste.

On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 12:50 AM Ram Chandran <ramvchandran at gmail.com>
wrote:

// Any analogy is useful like the Pole that was used by the athlete to jump
over the pole in a Pole vault field event.

There are number of frameworks available to understand the truth of advaita
and the path to our understanding  varies by framework,  If we fixed our
mind with one framework, then our mind refuse to accept the same truth
coming out of other frameworks.  With an open mind and sincere efforts, we
can see the unity in the diversity

The bottom line is how to use the analogy and also prepare ourselves to
discard the analogy when the understanding is complete!!! //

Apparently this was in response to my earlier post

//  On Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 4:30:46 AM UTC-4 hschand... at gmail.com
 wrote:

Reg  //Yes, he is equating gold with NB.//,

Equating inert substance with Chaitanya ??  Cannot recall a similar
sentiment from any other advaitic text //.

The single analogy of Clay-Pot in Ch Up Ch 6 may be considered. It has been
used, through different interpretations, for establishing their own
SiddhAntAs like BrahmapariNAma VAda by Sri Bhartruprancha (prior to Sri
Bhagavatpada), Vivarta VAda by Sri Bhagavtpada, and BhedAbheda VAda by Sri
Bhaskaracharya (after Sri Bhagavatpada, in refutation of Vivarta VAda). Sri
Bhaskaracharya summarizes his view as follows.

//  कार्यरूपेण नानात्वम्  अभेदःकारणात्मना ।

हेमात्मना यथाऽभेदः कुण्डलाद्यात्मना भिदा ॥ //

//  kAryarUpeNa nAnAtvam  abhedaHkAraNAtmanA |

hemAtmanA yathAbhedaH kuNDalAdyAtmanA bhidA || //

Many others can also be cited like VishishtAdvaita (Sri ramanujacharya),
Dvaita (Sri Madhwacharya), ShuddhAdvaita (Sri Vallabhacharya) etc.

It is hence essential that analogies must be followed *along with the
appropriate interpretations*. Otherwise one could unwittingly land in a
different SiddhAnta itself. That was what I was trying to point out in my
post.
Regards