Guest guest Posted August 7, 1999 Report Share Posted August 7, 1999 At 01:10 PM 8/7/99 +0100, you wrote: >"Jan Barendrecht" <kvy9 > >....................... The question, what causes the infinitely >small difference in the unmanifest to become the manifest is >another question to cause infinite regression: what causes the >difference that causes the difference that..... So it cannot >be answered too. > Yes, I read last night that Sankara says there is no answer to the question "why maya?" If Brahman is impartite, attributeless and changeless then it can't be Brahman which differs one iota -- hence the need to bring in maya to explain the *illusory* appearances of both Isvara (Saguna Brahman) and individuals like us -- while leaving maya itself inexplicable! That doesn't seem satisfactory. Ramanuja asks something of the same question I have been asking... "whose maya is it? It can't be Brahman's because he does not err, nor can it be ours because we are the result of maya". I think Ramanuja and I prefer similar answers -- it is God's doing we exist and not the result of an adventitious and inexplicable error (ie. maya). In recognizing our complete dependence upon God for our very being we are saved from the samsaric delusion of separateness from God. We are real, God is real and so is the moksha of realizing the inseparable relation between the two. This is more satisfying (to me personally) and totally consonant (I'm told) with Upanishasds, Brahma Sutras, and Bhagavad Gita. -A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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