re Mr Roberto's query

[Guest guest]

The simplest answer to your query is that ,whatever

Sri Radhakrishnan may say,it is not possible to

reconcile the views of Advaita and Vishishtadvaita,for

the following basic reason:

 

Vishishtadvaita posits three entities,Brahman,Jiva and

Prakriti,all three real,and present one within the

other comprising a single body,whose soul is the

innermost entity,Brahman.

 

Advaita says,on the other hand,that out of

these,only Brahman exists,and the other two are fictitious-

<Brahma satyam,Jagan mithyA,JIvO Brahmaiva nAparah-

iti VEdAnta DinDimah>

It however posits a fourth entity MAyA which neither

exists nor does not exist- but only "appears to exist"

Since this is a transitive construction,one has

to say "to whom?" it appears.Certainly not to the

JIva which itself is a creature of MAyA; it can't

be to Brahman who is pure knowledge and hence can't

be accused of "seeing things".so it seems to hang

in the air.

 

Vishishtadvaita can't fit it into its well-defined

system either.So one doesn't see any kind of

reconciliation as you mention.

 

EmberumAnAr TiruvaDigaLE SaraNam!

BHARAT