Contraditions in Adviata ? – Think twice or until contradiction in that very question is resolved.

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Statements have been made by some our friends that there are

contradictions in Advaita ? I am going to post my understanding just to

provide some clarifications so that our friends are stimulated to think

deeply before such statements are made. It is not intended to correct

anybody's notions since that requires a mind with shraddha.

 

How can Advaita have contradictions? That itself is a contradiction in

terms.

 

Contradictions can only exist in duality or dvaita . There is a

contradictor , contradiction and contradicting. That is what is known

as tripura . Lord or the one who has the transcendental knowledge of

a-dvaita is called tripuraantaka , for that reason. In a-dvaita or

non-duality, all apparent contradictions should get resolved or

annihilated. If not, you are only struggling in dvaita! Struggles come

only from dvaita -says scriptures - udaramantaram kurute athatasya

bhayam bhaviti – even a spec of duality causes fear and associated

struggles.

 

There are apparent contradictions in life! Scriptures through Advaita

resolves these apparent contradictions. Apparent contradictions become

real only for the one who think they are real, like a ghost projected on

the post.

 

We live a life of contradictions – and that life of contradictions is

due to notions of dvaita! And that is exactly why scripture is coming

to our rescue by providing a different vision of ourselves?

 

The biggest contradiction is taking myself what I am not – I am this

body – How can I, the conscious principle, be this body, which is jadam

.. There is nothing bigger contradiction than that. That is what is

called adhyaasa and error of contradictions.

>From this, it follows other contradictions - that I am different from

other persons and different from the world and so on.

 

Once I take myself I am the body – misunderstanding I am mortal follows

– That was the problem with Arjuna . How can I be mortal?

Consciousness – existence that I am, can never cease to be existent

-consciousness.

 

Another contradiction – I am unhappy – happiness comes from limitations.

Since I take myself to be limited , I take myself to be unhappy. If I

am one with out a second (advaita) how can there be limitations and

hence how I can be unhappy. Not only I am sat and chit , I am ananda to

– limitless ness alone is ananda -anatam eva ananda - Brahman alone

is limitlessness, anantam . I am ananda only because I am Brahman- says

the scripture. – ayam aatma brahma or aham brahmaasmi. That is

Advaita. Scripture does not say you the limited fellow is infinite or

become infinite - that is absurd. It says – you are! Period. Not you

become infinite or become Brahman. If I am limitless , how come I feel

I am limited – my friend that is the contradiction due to notional

dvaita! When it is Advaita, one is feeling dvaita, that is THE

contradiction. There lies the error or adhyaasa.

 

By definition, there cannot be any contradictions in Advaita!

 

If one sees them, then one should rub his eyes and see again . If you

still see dvaita when it is Advaita – which is the biggest

contradiction - one needs a major surgery.

 

If one argues that there are really two and you are seeing one and that

is contradiction – think again . Advaita means non-duality – it is

non-duality in spite of duality. That is why scripture comes to our

rescue. - ekam eva advitiiyam - ekamityeva satyam . – There cannot be

duality in the existence and consciousness – just as space cannot be

divided into two - existence cannot be divided either. For

transactional purpose we can divide space into kitchen, bath room and

bed room knowing very well that even the dividers are in space. That is

vyavaahaara or for convenience for transactional purposes. But truth is

Advaita despite dvaita. For that only scripture becomes a pramaaNa .

Not to confirm my contradictions in life! Scriptures does not say you

the limited fellow is limited. I donot need scriptures to confirm my

ignorance!

 

Duality is our experience and our experience is full of contradictions.

The longing for happiness through objects is a contradiction of life

since happiness is not object nor comes with any object – Happiness is

from my own self. Yet we go after the objects – that is contradiction

.. If scriptures confirms duality – I am doomed forever.

 

Fortunately they do not. All the mahavaakya-s ascertain reality as

non-duality only. That is, the vision of the scriptures is different

from the notions of myself about myself which is based on so-called my

experience of duality.

 

Hence by definition there cannot be any contradictions in Advaita. If

you see think again my friend.

 

Hari OM!

Sadananda

 

 

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advaitin, kuntimaddi sadananda

<kuntimaddisada> wrote:

>

> Statements have been made by some our friends that there are

> contradictions in Advaita ? I am going to post my understanding

just to

> provide some clarifications so that our friends are stimulated to

think

> deeply before such statements are made. It is not intended to

correct

> anybody's notions since that requires a mind with shraddha.

>

> How can Advaita have contradictions? That itself is a

contradiction in

> terms.

 

 

Wonderful, Sadanandaji. My PraNAms to you for this timely article.

 

PraNAms to all advaitins

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