Guest guest Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 In advaitin , Rajesh Ramachander <rrajeshchander wrote: > > Namasthey Chitaranjan Ji: .. > Are you saying that Ishwara's power and knowledge perception rests on avidya? Is it not that avidya or ignorance is an association of mind? If we agree with your argument then would your position not tend to state that Ishwara is a subjective product of mind? Since avarna & vikshepa exist independent of the mind so the controlling force of our phenomenal world `Ishwara' is also beyond the realm of our mind and not a subjective product. Namaste,RR,IMHO, Isvara is as real as you are! Isvara is the sum total of all the Jivas, both in illusion really. Isvara is really the I-I mind projector, and ultimately is superflous. It is a concept to explain the seeming association of Brahman with creation. For ultimately the creation is but an appearance, and even that 'never happened'.....according to the Mandukya and Gaudapada. As Nisargadatta Maharaj says we are all really Praneawswara, I-I instead of I, and again this is all in illusion. So Isvara is posited as having existence and attributes because the illusory jiva also appears that way.......The truth is AjatiVada of course....ONS..Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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