Non-existence of the material world . Was "Weapon of Mass Destruction (REQUEST)"

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Namaste.

Benjamin writes:

"At any rate, I am quite certain that 'Brahman is Consciousness'

 

combined with 'Brahman is One without a second' implies the

nonexistence of the material world. To me, it is like 1 + 1

=2."

 

Probably you have all gone through this in the past three months

when I was not reading the advaitin postings.

 

Still I hasten to point out the fallacy in the above logic.

'Brahman is Consciousness'

combined with 'Brahman is One without a second' does not imply

the nonexistence of the material world. It only means that the

material world (and all that goes with it) is also

Consciousness. "sarvam khalvidam brahma". If we cannot see it

that way, the fault is ours and not that of the material world

or the logic.

praNAms to all advaitins.

profvk

 

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Prof. V. Krishnamurthy

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You can access my book on Gems from the Ocean of Hindu Thought Vision and

Practice, and my father R. Visvanatha Sastri's manuscripts from the site.

 

 

 

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