Potential and differentiated nama roopas

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namasthe,

 

I was reading the presentation on advaita of

shri Krishna Iyer.

 

There in part-III the following topic comes.

http://www.katha.org/Academics/Advaita-PT-III.html

I've a few questions which I've given after this paragraph in this mail.

 

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Section 10 – Creation of the world :

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"The Advaita concept of creation is called “vivarta

vada”. Brahman , the Existence-Consciousness does not

undergo change when creation takes place. What

modifies are names and forms ( “ nama roopa” ) . The

potential state of nama roopa is called Maya . Maya

as no existence of its own. It is a thing of a lower

order of reality superimposed on Brahman. No

superimposition – ( superimposition of the unreal on

the real is called ‘adhyasa’ in Sanskrit’) – can

xist unless there is a substrastum ( called ‘

adhishtanam’ in Sanskrit) The consciousness aspect

of Brahman is reflected in Maya. Maya plus reflected

onsciousness is

==> called Iswara. Iswara visualises the world-to-be

and impels Maya to unfold the potential nama roopa as

differentiated nama roopa on the substratum of the

Existence –Consciousness Infinity called Brahman.

Bahman as Existence-Consciousness-Infinity is the

substratum for the superimposition

==>of the potential Nama roopa as well as the differentiated Nama roopa. Brahman

does not undergo

any change. However since Maya does not exist

separate from Brahman, Brahman is called “vivarta

upadhana karanam” (changeless material cause) of the

world and Maya is called the “ parinama upadhana

karanam” ( changing material cause) of the world."

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Here, can someone explain the lines between

the "==>"s ?

 

What is differentiated nama roopa and potential nama

roopa ?

 

Is potential nama roopa simply (all possible)

unmanifested nama roopa that Maya can unfold into ?

 

And does differentiated nama roopa mean all the nama

roopa after Maya unfolds or manifests ?

 

namasthe

Prasad

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

advaitin, "Prasad Balasubramanian"

<besprasad@l...> wrote:

> namasthe,

>

> I was reading the presentation on advaita of

> shri Krishna Iyer.

>> ==> called Iswara. Iswara visualises the world-to-be

> and impels Maya to unfold the potential nama roopa as

> differentiated nama roopa on the substratum of the

> Existence –Consciousness Infinity called Brahman.

> Bahman as Existence-Consciousness-Infinity is the

> substratum for the superimposition

> ==>of the potential Nama roopa as well as the differentiated Nama

roopa.>

> Here, can someone explain the lines between

> the "==>"s ?

>

> What is differentiated nama roopa and potential nama

> roopa ?

>

> Is potential nama roopa simply (all possible)

> unmanifested nama roopa that Maya can unfold into ?

>

> And does differentiated nama roopa mean all the nama

> roopa after Maya unfolds or manifests ?

>

> namasthe

> Prasad

 

Namaste.

I think the later passage which occurs in the same section on Maya,

gives the explanation:

 

(Here also, the second "superior" refers to Maya and Brahman is

said to be superior even to Maya. Maya is said to be superior as the

unevolved nama roopas, which is cause vis a vis the evolved nama

roopas which are effects. Maya is said to be imperishable, because

it never disappears altogether; it only alternates between

undifferentiated and differentiated conditions and though it is of

a lesser order of reality, it is also beginningless and endless.)

 

PraNAms to all advaitins

profvk