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Most REspected Professor Krishnamurthyji,

 

A while ago i read Shri Ramana's observations on *Srishti* -

creation....

 

Shri Ramana says ....

 

 

There are two schools in Advaita: 1. Drishti srishti (simultaneous

creation) and 2. Srishti drishti (gradual creation).

 

There is the Tantric Advaita which admits three fundamentals jagat,

jiva, Isvara - world, soul, God.

 

These three are also real. But the Reality does not end with them. It

extends beyond. That is the Tantric Advaita. The Reality is

limitless. The three fundamentals do not exist apart from the

Absolute Reality. All agree that Reality is all-pervading; that

Isvara pervades jiva; therefore the jiva has eternal being. His

knowledge is not limited. Limited knowledge is only imagined by him.

In truth, his is infinite knowledge. Its limit is Silence. This truth

was revealed by Dakshinamurti. For those who still perceive these

three fundamentals they are said to be realities. They are

concomitant with the ego.

 

True, the images of gods are described in great detail. Such

description points only to the final Reality. Otherwise why is the

special significance of each detail also given? Think. The image is

only a symbol. Only that which lies beyond name and form is Reality.

Saiva Siddhanta and Vedanta have the common aim of the same Truth.

Otherwise how could Sri Sankaracharya, the greatest exponent of

Advaita, sing praises of gods? Obviously he did so knowingly.

 

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~alfar2/ramana.htm

> It is Brahman that appears as jIva, through the effect of mAyA.

> If one follows the path of jnAna and transcends mAyA, then jIva

> realises itself as Brahman, says advaita. In ShAktam also it

> says that the jIva and Shivam are basically the same and

> actually become the same in the state of moksha; particularly in

> the Shri-vidyA scriptures it is specifically accepted so.

> Dvaitam, VishishhTAdvaitam, SiddhAnta-shaivam

> (Shaiva-siddhantam), ShrIkaNTa-shaivam (ShivAdvaitam), Kashmiri

> Saivism – in this order, the philosophies start from a concept

> totally distinct from advaita, gradually nearing and ultimately

> becoming very near to advaita.

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, "adi_shakthi16" <adi_shakthi16>

wrote:

> Most REspected Professor Krishnamurthyji,

>

> A while ago i read Shri Ramana's observations on *Srishti* -

> creation....

>

> Shri Ramana says ....

>

>

> There are two schools in Advaita: 1. Drishti srishti (simultaneous

> creation) and 2. Srishti drishti (gradual creation).

>

Namaste

My father Shri R. Visvanatha Sastri, wrote an original treatise on

Drishti-srishti as a poem of 372 slokas. 225 of them

have been put on the web by me along with a quick translation. This

can be seen in

http://www.geocities.com/profvk/Appa/dRSTisRSTiHpage1.html

and succeeding webpages.

 

PraNAms to all Devotees of Mother Goddess.

profvk