AW: Basics of Advaitin Vedanta

[Guest guest]

> -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----

> Von: Rajan PBV [rajanpbv]

> Basics of Advaitin Vedanta

> (Source- Swami Ashokanada's book on "The soul's

> Journey to its destiny"). The following is my

> comprehension and any errors are my reponsibility- not

> Swamiji's.

>

> Why should God create? Is he not perfect? How out of

> one, many come and still the original exists without

> being being affected?

> reason a desire arose in God to create (and don't try

> to guess why).

 

:-) :-)

 

Hari Om Rajan,

 

Yes the best thing is "not to guess".

 

For the purpose of discussion I have a few questions: (1) GOD thought of

becoming many.... (tadaiksshata bahuSYaM prajAyEyEti) but can such a thing

be called as creation? (2) was that a thought or was that a desire? If it

were a desire then there should be something in return to it (logically!).

I think desire is something which expects something in return... isn't it?

I desire to go to India *expecting* that I will be happy there.... I desire

to become a billionnaire *expecting* that there is happyness in being

rich... BUT what must have GOD expected in return in order to become many?

When it is not a desire but just a mere *thought* then that would prove that

creation never took place instead it is there as a Lila (logically...) All

the characters I dream are a kind of thoughts but they are never physical.

Obviously, I cant demand somebody to pay me back the money he borrowed from

me in my yesterday night's dream... :-)

 

I remain Yours,

Madhava

[Guest guest]

I would like add some more points on this.

"Desire arose in God to create". Is desire the right word to use? In

VishnusahasranAma God is called "kAmi" meaning one whose all desires are

satisfied. So when all the desires for God are satisfied, how can he have any

desire.

I think the word lila or nature to be more apt than desire. It is better to

say, It is the nature of God to do such things as "Srusti, sThiThi, laya". And

now the question is why does God has such nature? This boils down to the

question How can the knower be known? To know the God nature we need to have

grace of God and whole of Vedanta scripture tries to answer this question.

 

sarvam vasudevamayam jagath

Prashanth

 

--- "Madhava K. Turumella" <madhava wrote:

>

>

> > -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----

> > Von: Rajan PBV [rajanpbv]

> > Basics of Advaitin Vedanta

> > (Source- Swami Ashokanada's book on "The soul's

> > Journey to its destiny"). The following is my

> > comprehension and any errors are my reponsibility- not

> > Swamiji's.

> >

> > Why should God create? Is he not perfect? How out of

> > one, many come and still the original exists without

> > being being affected?

> > reason a desire arose in God to create (and don't try

> > to guess why).

>

> :-) :-)

>

> Hari Om Rajan,

>

> Yes the best thing is "not to guess".

>

> For the purpose of discussion I have a few questions: (1) GOD thought of

> becoming many.... (tadaiksshata bahuSYaM prajAyEyEti) but can such a thing

> be called as creation? (2) was that a thought or was that a desire? If it

> were a desire then there should be something in return to it (logically!).

> I think desire is something which expects something in return... isn't it?

> I desire to go to India *expecting* that I will be happy there.... I desire

> to become a billionnaire *expecting* that there is happyness in being

> rich... BUT what must have GOD expected in return in order to become many?

> When it is not a desire but just a mere *thought* then that would prove that

> creation never took place instead it is there as a Lila (logically...) All

> the characters I dream are a kind of thoughts but they are never physical.

> Obviously, I cant demand somebody to pay me back the money he borrowed from

> me in my yesterday night's dream... :-)

>

> I remain Yours,

> Madhava

>

>

 

 

 

 

 

 

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