Apavada- Removal of Superimposition

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" In dissolution there remains only the non dual brahman and no iswara. Clearly there cannot be his will. When it is said that in dissolution all are withdrawn from manifestation and remain unmanifest, it means that the jivas, all the universe, and iswara have all become unmanifest. The unmanifest iswara cannot exercise his will. What happens is this: just as the dormant power of sleep displays itself as dream, so also the dormant power of maya displays itself as this plurality, consisting of iswara, his will, the universe and the jivas. Iswara is thus the product of maya and he cannot be the origin of the origin. Maya therefore has no antecedent cause. In dissolution there remains only pure being devoid of will, and admitting of no change. In creation maya hitherto remaining

unmanifest in this pure being, shines forth as the mind. By the play of mind, plurality appears as iswara, the worlds and the jiva, like magic. Maya manifest is creation, and maya unmanifest is dissolution. Thus of its own accord, maya appears or withdraws itself and has thus no beginning. Hence there is no antecedent cause for it."

 

excerpts from Advaita Bodha Deepika by Sri Karapatra Swami

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advaitajnana , Mahesh Kamat <mv.kamat wrote:

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> " In dissolution there remains only the non dual brahman and no iswara.

Clearly there cannot be his will. When it is said that in dissolution all are

withdrawn from manifestation and remain unmanifest, it means that the jivas, all

the universe, and iswara have all become unmanifest. The unmanifest iswara

cannot exercise his will. What happens is this: just as the dormant power of

sleep displays itself as dream, so also the dormant power of maya displays

itself as this plurality, consisting of iswara, his will, the universe and the

jivas. Iswara is thus the product of maya and he cannot be the origin of the

origin. Maya therefore has no antecedent cause. In dissolution there remains

only pure being devoid of will, and admitting of no change. In creation maya

hitherto remaining unmanifest in this pure being, shines forth as the mind. By

the play of mind, plurality appears as iswara, the worlds and the jiva, like

magic. Maya manifest is creation, and maya

> unmanifest is dissolution. Thus of its own accord, maya appears or withdraws

itself and has thus no beginning. Hence there is no antecedent cause for it. "   

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> excerpts from Advaita Bodha Deepika by Sri Karapatra Swami

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Namaste,

 

I feel that the Brahman of Pralaya is still Saguna but suspended in

potentiality....In pralaya there are still subtle manifestations but not in

Mahapralaya....NirGuna has no potentiality..........Tony.