Guest guest Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 Pranaam Gurujans, What would be the correct interpretation ? Brahman & Maya = Duality or Brahman & Jiva atman = Duality Who is the Sakshi of Maya ? Brahman or Jiva atman ? Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 Yuvaraj - PraNAms The correct interpretation is Brahman alone is there and it is THE REALITY. From Brahman point there is nothing other than Braham. No mayaa either. No creation either. Mayaa comes only when one sees other than himself and that other than himself is the creation - Thus maayaa comes as the creative power for the one who is seeing the creation separate from him. Maayaa is that which is not there but appears to be there. Hence duality starts with Jiiva + jagat Or with jiiva + jagat + Iswara Brahman is substantive all the two or all the three. One appearing as two or three is the mayaa-shakti. Since there is nothing other than Brahman we call Iswara + maayaa shakti - substantive of both Brahman only Jiiva + avidya - substantive of both is Brahman only Jiiva + jagat - substantive both are Brahman only Jiiva + Jagat + Iswara - the substantive all the three only Brahman only. Hence you cannot add anything to Brahman since Brahman is infinite and you cannot have infinite + some finite. Mathematically illogical. Hope this helps Hari Om! Sadananda --- On Sun, 5/31/09, Yuvraj <the_yuvraj wrote: What would be the correct interpretation ? Brahman & Maya = Duality or Brahman & Jiva atman = Duality Who is the Sakshi of Maya ? Brahman or Jiva atman ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 yuvaraji, though sadanandaji has answered the question well, for a better understanding of the concept of maya I would suggest you to read Swami Vivekananda's lecture, " Maya and Illusion " which can be found in Selections From Complete Works Of Swami Vivekananda. REGARDS, VAIBHAV. advaitin , kuntimaddi sadananda <kuntimaddisada wrote: > > > Yuvaraj - PraNAms > > The correct interpretation is > Brahman alone is there and it is THE REALITY. From Brahman point there is nothing other than Braham. No mayaa either. No creation either. > > Mayaa comes only when one sees other than himself and that other than himself is the creation - Thus maayaa comes as the creative power for the one who is seeing the creation separate from him. Maayaa is that which is not there but appears to be there. > > Hence duality starts with Jiiva + jagat > Or with jiiva + jagat + Iswara > Brahman is substantive all the two or all the three. One appearing as two or three is the mayaa-shakti. Since there is nothing other than Brahman we call Iswara + maayaa shakti - substantive of both Brahman only > Jiiva + avidya - substantive of both is Brahman only > Jiiva + jagat - substantive both are Brahman only > Jiiva + Jagat + Iswara - the substantive all the three only Brahman only. > > Hence you cannot add anything to Brahman since Brahman is infinite and you cannot have infinite + some finite. Mathematically illogical. > > > Hope this helps > > Hari Om! > Sadananda > > > --- On Sun, 5/31/09, Yuvraj <the_yuvraj wrote: > > > What would be the correct interpretation ? > > Brahman & Maya = Duality > > or > > Brahman & Jiva atman = Duality > > Who is the Sakshi of Maya ? Brahman or Jiva atman ? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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