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advaitin , " Dennis Waite " <dwaite wrote:

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> It is an interesting observation that, if one enters 'sat karana

vada' into

> Google, there are only 4 hits. 3 of these point to Devanathan-ji's

posts.

> The other one is to the book by Richard King 'An Introduction to

Hindu and

> Buddhist Thought " . in which the author refers to Shankara's

position as sat

> kAraNa vAda. I also have not encountered this term anywhere else.

>

 

Namaste,

 

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Namaste to all.

Dr. N. Veezhinathan, an eminent professor of Vedanta whom Devanathan-

ji knows and respects as one of his teachers, says on page 67 of his

book `Samkshepasariraka' :-- " This maya is identical with avidya or

ajnaana " .

Another eminent scholar in Vedanta who retired recently as the

Principal of the Madras Sanskrit college, Dr. Krishnamurthy

Sastrigal, says in his book `Critical Study of Ishta siddhi

vivaranam' (which I had the privilege of translating from Sanskrit

to English and which has been published by Adi Sankara Advaita

Research Centre, Chennai), that there are two views about maya and

avidya. One is that they are the same and the other is that they are

different (pages 60 to 64).

Neither of these two scholars says that maya is the cause of avidya.

In contrast to both the above views, Devanathan-ji says that maya is

the cause of avidya.

Another member of this group had expressed the view that avidya is

the cause of maya.

With so many different views, I do not know what to say.

(I will not have internet access from Dec 12 to Jan 5, 2009. I will

be able to see the further postings on this thread only after that.)

S.N.Sastri

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Hi Dennis,

I’ve come across the term ‘satkaranavada’ in a couple of places other than in Devanathan-ji’s post. However it was always used to strike a contrast with satkaryavada and did not have a stand alone presence so to speak.

"Shankara believes in sat-karyavada but his interpretation of it is different from that of Sankhya. By it he really means satkaranavada. His view is known as vivartavada. The effect, no doubt, must pre-exist in the cause. But ultimately the effect is not something different from the cause. The cause alone is real; the effect is only its appearance". (from A Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy by Chandradhar Sharma pg.256)

As I said earlier Shankara has adopted the Sankhya theory to his own ends making it a powerful argument against Buddhist Doctrine of Annica (momentariness). He distinguishes between the idea of causality as an illustration or a useful approximation on the relative plane and the dissolution of all conceptions on the absolute. Gaudapada who has no truck with conventional reality rejects the whole cause effect sequence. Cf GK 4,16. I presume he was aware that it was necessary to introduce fire under your pot to get it to boil.

Best Wishes,

Michael.

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On 12/11/08, Ramesh Krishnamurthy <rkmurthy wrote:

> 2008/12/11 snsastri <sn.sastri:

> > Neither of these two scholars says that maya is the cause of avidya.

> > In contrast to both the above views, Devanathan-ji says that maya is

> > the cause of avidya.

> > Another member of this group had expressed the view that avidya is

> > the cause of maya.

> > With so many different views, I do not know what to say.

>

> When the focus on soteriology is lost, and attention is diverted to

> system building, then all these " different views " are natural

> outcomes.

 

When the focus on direct observation of reality is lost, funny things happen !

 

Love

Anand Advaitin

 

--

" Giving up old patterns / Forgetting one's self / The long-lost car

keys are found / In his own pocket ! "

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Many thanks Sunder-ji. I realized after I had posted that I

ought to have tried a few variants, since I was using quotation marks. I think

the usual expression is: ‘Whoops!’

 

Best wishes,

Dennis

 

 

 

 

advaitin [advaitin ] On Behalf Of Sunder

Hattangadi

Thursday, December 11, 2008 3:37 AM

advaitin

Re: Maya and Avidya

 

 

 

 

 

Namaste,

 

If one enters 'satkaranavada' in Google, one gets:

 

http://www.advaitavedanta.co.uk/content/125-science-of-the-absolute-

chapter-4-prologue….

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Hi Michael,

Yes, it is all very interesting but, in the end, it seems to be

just playing with words. On the one hand, since there is only brahman from the

standpoint of absolute reality, it sounds ok to say that ‘only the cause

is real’ (satkAraNa vAda). But does it actually mean anything at all to

refer to a ‘cause’ if there is no corresponding effect? As you say,

Gaudapada is totally uncompromising on the subject. Your final sentence implies

that you think he was conveniently ignoring the practicalities. But is this an

example of cause and effect? After all, boiling water is only cold water with

the molecules buzzing about a bit faster. You don’t become anything

different when you are running from when you are standing still. (OK, maybe a

little more tired!) This is why the emphasis on the vAchArambhaNa. The statue

is only clay pushed around a bit into a more aesthetic shape.

Best wishes,

Dennis

 

 

 

 

advaitin [advaitin ] On Behalf Of ombhurbhuva

Thursday, December 11, 2008 9:28 AM

advaitin

Maya and Avidya

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As I said earlier Shankara has adopted the Sankhya theory

to his own ends making it a powerful argument against Buddhist Doctrine of

Annica (momentariness). He distinguishes between the idea of causality as an

illustration or a useful approximation on the relative plane and the

dissolution of all conceptions on the absolute. Gaudapada who has no truck with

conventional reality rejects the whole cause effect sequence. Cf GK 4,16. I

presume he was aware that it was necessary to introduce fire under your pot to

get it to boil.

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Yes, it is all very interesting but, in the end, it seems to be just playing with words. On the one hand, since there is only brahman from the standpoint of absolute reality, it sounds ok to say that ‘only the cause is real’ (satkAraNa vAda). But does it actually mean anything at all to refer to a ‘cause’ if there is no corresponding effect? As you say, Gaudapada is totally uncompromising on the subject. praNAmsHare KrishnaYou hit the nail on the head of satkAraNa vAda :-))...Yes, in the absolute sense, there is no meaning in saying Atman/brahman is *sat kAraNa* for the creation/jagat when there is no corresponding *kArya* / effect...But in advaita, for those who believe that there exists jagat and think that they are doing business in that...for those, who have dull intellects, (maNda vivekinAm) for them it has been said that this kAraNa is NOT achetana rUpa & there is a jagat kAraNa and that kAraNa is chaitanya rUpa..But this is not the final stand of advaita, ultimately, those who know the vedantic truth would say that Atman is neither kAraNa nor kArya...it is advitiya...asti vastu bhAvaH iti vadanasheelaanAM dhrudAgrahavatAM shraddhadhAnAnAM manda vivekinAM arthOpAyatvena sA deshitA jAtiH.....vedAnta abhyAsinAM tu svayameva ajAdvayAtma vishayO vivekO bhavishyati iti....na tu paramArthabuddhyA...are the words of shankara in kArikA bhAshya 4-42.....Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!bhaskar

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Namaste:

 

Please do not try to analyze the following Joke and just enjoy how

both maya and Avidya both interplay in life events!

 

" There were two brothers at aged 12 & 8. They were so naughty and

always people comes with complain to their parents. Parents became

very fed-up and they have taken them to the mental doctor.

 

Doctor firstly call 12 years boy and asked him Tell me where is god?

The boy keeps him silence. Then doctor again with loud voice asked

him Tell me where is God?

 

The boy suddenly ran away and went to his home and hides himself in

his cloth cupboard.

 

When another brother saw that he also ran away after him and reached

to the home and asked Brother what doctor asked you and why you ran

away?

 

The elder brother said, God is missing and everybody thinking that we

did it! "

 

Source: Unknown and received through email from a friend

 

Warmest regards,

 

Ram Chandran

 

 

 

advaitin , " Anand Advaitin " <bonekeeper

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> When the focus on direct observation of reality is lost, funny

things happen !

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Pranams to all...I have been observing this Topic for discussion for a while from learned Members and I thought with my limited knowledge on this subject I shd keep quiet..BUt I felt like posting this,which I feel is what I learnt from my Thatva Bodah classes:-1.Sanakara says in Thatva Bodha:"Aatma Stayam thatanya sarvam Mityethi"If you think.."X " is Satyam..anything else is MItya..so Sat "karana" doesn't arise at all acc to Sankara.If a karana is attributed,it is not Satyam..with respect to allS.Rajah Iyerhttp://www.acupressuresocks.com

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Hi Dennis,

I¢ve come across the term ¡satkaranavada¢ in a couple of places other than in Devanathan-ji¢ s post. However it was always used to strike a contrast with satkaryavada and did not have a stand alone presence so to speak.

 

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Dear Sri Rajah,

You are quite right. The absolute truth is that brahman is

kArya-kAraNa vilakShaNa – it is beyond the distinction of cause and

effect. Every ‘thing’ else without exception is mithyA. But this applies

to advaita, too. All of the teaching of advaita is mithyA. Nothing that is

ultimately true can be said of brahman. The purpose of advaita is to bring us

to this understanding via a gradual process, in which statements that are, strictly

speaking, untrue are made provisionally and later taken back when the

student has reached a better level of understanding (this is called adhyAropa-apavAda).

Thus, for example, shruti speaks of creation and accords brahman the status of

creator (through the medium of Ishvara and mAyA). And thus it is that we get

involved in discussions about cause and effect…

Best wishes,

Dennis

 

 

 

 

advaitin [advaitin ] On Behalf Of SURI

Friday, December 12, 2008 10:17 AM

advaitin

Re: Maya and Avidya

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

so Sat " karana " doesn't arise at all acc to

Sankara.If a karana is attributed,it is not Satyam..

with respect to all

S.Rajah Iyer

 

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advaitin , " Mouna " <maunna wrote:

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> Shyam-Ji, my respects

>

Mouna-ji

PranAms.

Sorry for the late reply.

Ishwara has control of his mAyA in the sense that Ishwara's Order -

the " Wheel " to use your term - is non-separate from Him - the Order

is verily Ishwara - He alone IS the Order.

That a person has free will or desire, the intellect to decide, and

capacity to act, and the fact that the action will result in a

particular result or karmaphala are all as per His diktat AND the

Order that is represented herein is also Ishwara Alone. In pralaya

this Order constituted as the trigunatmic manifest Srshti resolves

unto Himself, whereupon He alone IS, as Shivam Shantam Advaitam -

His Maya now being only in potential form, and then with His

verisame MayaShakti is projected forth again by Him as Himself this

verisame Order as another cycle of manifest Srshti. Hence alone he

is the srshTi sthithi laya kAraNA GovinDa. What was unmanifest is

also Ishwara, what is manifest is also Ishwara.

As an aside, hence alone does prayer work - because when you pray,

you tap into that Order that is Ishwara and thereby accrue of the

results, accrue of Grace.

And it is this Grace alone that ultimately confers on us the Freedom

that we all seek.

 

Hari OM

Shri Gurubhyoh namah

Shyam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> First of all, awesome presentation, thank you.

>

> Now, could you expand on the above quoted paragraph?. My idea was

that

> Ishwara also doesn't have any control on His " dream " , because that

is

> taken care by Karma and vasanas at the samashti and viashti levels,

> but what He " does " is kicking the " Wheel " to turn again after

> Everything resolved for a while in pralaya in unmanifested form,

and

> this will be His control over Maya. In this sense the analogy will

> still hold for Ishwara.

> Is my thinking wrong?

>

> Thanks in advance.

>

> Yours in Bhagavan,

> Mouna

>

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Hari OM~

Pranams Sri Sadananda ji,

 

For the past two days I had been at University of Kerala to attend a

seminar where I presented a paper. I had no access to internet there

and I am sorry for the late response.

 

Sada ji, I am not sure with the technique of samanadhikaranya you

were trying to employ.I do not at all deny the fact that both Maya

and Avidya are Anadi. Infact this is the axiomatic connotation that

remains static while we manipulate with any causal relation. Now, in

my view Maya, which is essentially `anadi', is the cause for Avidya

the `apparent' effect which again is apparently `Anadi'; for the

effect inherits the characteristic features of cause as such. There

is a rule which Advaitins often quote that says `anaditvam ajatve

hetuh' referring the `causeless cause is beginingless'. Unless a

beginingless `cause' is accepted, we will be cornered to an end in

infinite regress and whatever understood to be the primary cause

will itself be our Brahman. The `adi karanam is eternally anadi'.

Aditvam here cannot be denied of being the origin or the cause which

is still beginingless and exist even without an effect to follow.

The causality of the beginingless cause is sponsored by Maya.

Causality which is Mayic eventually produces the effect – Avidya

which is a natural occurance and not a usual intermediate or

subsequent transformation of the cause.

 

I would like to apply the badhayam samanadhikarana here; where the

characteristic feature of `anadi' is essentially underlying with the

polarization of cause and effect between Maya and Avidya while

the `badha' falsifies the independent existence of the effect , the

Tula-Avidya and affirms the `karanartva' in the `Mula-Avidya' or

Maya. The Tula-Avidya as the effect is annulled by the psychological

modifications of Mind while the Mula-Avidya is annulled by the meta-

psychic realization which remaims impartite.

 

There is no hard and fast rule that the cause-effect relationship is

strictly captured within the realms of time. For instance when Sruti

says `AtmanaH akasaH sambhutaH' –`Akasah originated from Atman' it

clearly means to denote Atman as the cause and Akasa as its product.

The cause and effect relationship here is not within the frames of

time; for the very word sense `atmanaH' assumes an intrinsic

semantical sense, ie, `atmanah' , the ablative sense as

the `source'of the verb `to be born' will have the fifth case

ending `from' in this connotation. Particularly in current issue on

cause-effect relationship between Maya and Avidya, the fifth case

ending turns to be ablative, which endorses the effect non-

difference from cause holding the former as the source and the

latter its off-shoot.

 

I personally don't encourange personality issues unless it is

entertained by my critics.

 

With Narayana Smrti,

Devanathan.J

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Hari OM~

Sri Michael ji,

 

`Cow's Milk, her curd and her cheese'. This example clearly tells us

that the cause is an order of creation which is interpreted

logically by knowing the sequence of their corresponding effects.

All transactions in the metempsychic realms correspond to these

order and sequence that persist with the cause and the effect

respectively. Avidya is a medium upon which the very empirical

transaction at micro levels is made possible while it essentially

expects a cause from a macro level which we call the Maya. An

ontological root of Avidya is traced back to Maya while both being

essentially inexplicable on a metaphysical platform. As followers of

Bhamati, the distinction we make between Maya and Avidya is to make

a clear reference to ontological derivation of all existences at

vyavaharic levels which apparently delineated to the metaphysical

origins of the same. When Sankara uses expressions like `Ajnana tat

karyam' and so on ; it is evident that he means karyam as the effect

which is essentially Avidya while the word sense `Ajnana' is nothing

but Mula-Avidya which we call Maya. Our intention is not to dissect

Maya or dessiminate Avidya rather we feel the need to discern the

two to justify our causal theories in a much pragmatic tone.

 

Inexplicability in your liberal sense is quite vicious when it somes

to dialectics of Indian Philosophy. Over-emphasis on this feature of

Maya's inexplicability may help you to provisionally escape things

out without warranting the need for theoretical justifications on

metaphysical claims. If you are too conscious about Maya being

indeterminable, you will do it at the cost of calling Maya

as `Parinami-upadana karana', which is the very tenet of the system.

In BG 4-7 Sankara makes a clear reference to the order of creation

in cause-effect series from prthvi to Avidya in one phase as the

effect and regards the `Mula-Maya Sakti' as the cause at the cosmic

phase on the other. Sankara classifies Prakrti or Maya into two,

Para and Apara. Para, as Sankara calls Visuddha Prakrti to be Karana

bhuta while he refers apara prakrti as anarta / asuddha bhuta.

Sankara categorically adds a point to say `Prakrti yoniH karanam'

iti. Further, terminologies that Sankara uses in categorizing `Para

prakrti and Apara Prakrti' evident from the prasthana bhasyas is

strongly stands against your views to oppose conceptualizing Maya-

Avidya in causal terms.

 

With Narayana Smrti,

Devanathan. J

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Hari OM~

Sri Dennis ji,

 

For precise understanding of Sat-Karana theory, it is important that

you must pay close attention to the following statements that

Sankara makes [cf. Br. S.Bh II.iii.14] `…so long as the effect

persists, the cause cannot logically dissolve; for when the cause

gets dissolved, the effect cannot continue; but it is quite logical

that a cause can persists even after the dissolution of the effect;

for this is what is observed in the case of the clay (with regard to

Brahman)'. Sankara handles and advocates sat-karana vada in a very

sensitive mood as we see it in Ch Up Bh III.xvi.1 where he says `…

through a reverse process the very order of birth get merged in that

very Brahman – the cause, and becomes wholly identified with that,

while it continues to live and function on that very Brahman during

the state of existence' [cf. Br.Su.Bh. II.1.9]. He further opines

that the effect merging into the cause will not tarnish with its own

drwbacks. Though cause and effect are non-different, in Sankara's

opinion, the effect has the nature of `cause' and `not' vice-versa

[cf. Br Su Bh II.1.14]. Henceforth, the difference between the cause

and effect which in reality does not exist at all actually denotes

the non-existence of difference of effect with respect to

its `isolation' from its cause without dissolving the `existence'

of `cause' (sat-karana) ultimately.

 

With Narayana Smrti,

Devanathan. J

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