Guest guest Posted November 16, 2004 Report Share Posted November 16, 2004 advaitin , kuntimaddi sadananda <kuntimaddisada> wrote: From my understanding: To say the least - ajaata vaada- itself is a contradiction in terms. That which is not born need no explanation or vaada - it is exactly similar to accounting vandhyaa putraH. If it is ajaata (not born) but appears to be there - then that appetence is born - then that appearance is no more ajaata - then one needs an explanation for the appearance - If that appearance is only apparent and not real, then we need further explanations - one for the apparent, one for the substantive of the apparent, and the third for relation between the two. If the apparent is real, then the apparent itself is the substantive of the apparent and it should not be called any more 'as apparent' and ajaata takes the meaning that it has no beginning and therefore no end and hence eternally real. Contradiction in the ajaata vaada is inherent in the system that is being analyzed - the non-existence (real) of the apparent and non-appearance of the real - the substantive- that which is non- existent is taken as existent and that which is existent is taken as non- existent and that is the very nature of the maaya. When the emphasis is on the non-existence or reality to the appearances then the vada takes the form of ajaata vaada. Goudapaada does not have to write karika for the non-existent if ajaata vaada is what it is taken as - what he is negating is only the reality to the appearances - while vivarta vaada the emphasis is, if from the point of substantive which is real, how the real appears to be transiently real or unreal, depending on how one looks at it. Parinaama vaada – is completely different – These are transformations in the thermodynamic sense. ===== What you have is destiny and what you do with what you have is self- effort. Future destiny is post destiny modified by your present action. You are not only the prisoner of your past but master of your future. - Swami Chinmayananda --- End forwarded message --- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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