A bit more on Gaudapada

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At 01:18 PM 12/15/99 EST, Ashish Chandra wrote:

>As far as I understand, the difference between Sankaracharya's and

>Gaudapada's handling of Advaita is in the separation of the Dreaming and

>waking states of the former and the insistance of non-difference [in these]

>by the former.

 

Gaudapada being the one insisting on the non-difference, right?

 

Also, especially in parts 3 and 4 of the Karika itself, Gaudapada stresses

the interdependence of cause and effect, which helps him establish

ajata-vada or non-causation. One of his startling conclusions is that the

effect is the cause of the cause. These reasonings, very reminiscent of

Nagarjuna (who also used the whirling firebrand image), make a great

antidote to the intelligent seeker's endless striving to look for causes of

everything, of enlightenment, of the world, of God, etc.

 

Regards,

 

--Greg