Guest guest Posted January 23, 2006 Report Share Posted January 23, 2006 GuruRatings , " Durga " <durgaji108> wrote: > > GuruRatings , " Tony OClery " <aoclery> > wrote: > > > > > > > > Namaste, > > > > I must add that as Brahman can have no modification the appearance > > as it is known compassionately to some cannot have happened. For > an > > appearance of any kind is of the mind and therefore a modification > > and untrue and not happened. > > This leads me back to when I was a child asking my mother had she > > ever thought of what it might be had creation never happened..Tony. > > Hi Tony, > > If you wish to see it this way, then I suppose > that is the way you see it. But it is not the > way Vedanta sees it. > > The creation is not considered to be one of the > 'individual' mind if that is what you are saying. > > You have left Maya completely out of the equation. > Maya, which is innate and inherent to Brahman, and > which projects the creation. So if you want to > leave that part of the teaching out, then this is not > Vedanta, as I am being taught. > > Did you come to your conclusions just through > reading? > > To me this is a very incomplete view of the teachings. > But I know that this is your view. I've seen you express > it often enough. In light of that, it doesn't seem make > much sense to disagree with you about it. > > But it doesn't seem to make for a happy mind. I know > jnanis who appear to be very happy, and who experientially > hold the total 'vision' as given by the Upanishads, which > includes the creation as mithya. > > But perhaps it is better just to leave the discussion > alone, as you seem quite certain of your view. > > Best wishes, Durga > Namaste Durga, This is from the Mandukya site mentioned as a link on my wikipedia entry on ajativada. ' the Great Karika on the Manduka Upanishad. Gaudapada was, by tradition, the philosophical grandfather of Shankara. His Karika on the Mandukya Upanishad is the oldest known systematic exposition of Advaita Vedanta. Gaudapada shows clear signs of familiarity with Buddhist philosophy, and both his language and his doctrine are close in many cases to Buddhist originals.' So I beg to differ with you on Ajativada not being Vedanta as it is based on the karikas of Gaudapada on the Mandukya Upanishad...ONS..Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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