achintya-bhedaabheda

[harish]

Another question on the basic concepts..

achintya-bhedaabheda says that Brahman and Jiva are different correct me if the example is wrong....Jiva is like a drop of water and Brahman is an infinite ocean.

In that case in Mukthi, does the drop merge into the ocean?

[Pankaja_Dasa]

 

Have 2 Glasses of water of the same volume and you put them in a bowl will they *merge* or will the volume change?

 

If the volume changes where is the question of merging?

 

Cool huh.

 

[gHari]

Liberated from the mucky muddy mire, the drop finally experiences its true ocean-ness and drop-ness simultaneously. It is part of the ocean, but not the ocean. It is always a drop; water just like the ocean, but a drop nonetheless.

 

[harish]

So in achintya-bhedabheda, the Jiva is similar to Brahman but different, even in Mukti, Jiva enters the Brahman but remains different.

But always, God is the ocean and Jiva is a tiny drop.

 

[harish]

It is very tricky, sometimes difficult to comprehend, but even small differences contribute to various schools of thought. So what is the Gaudiya position during Mukthi?

 

Advaita-> Only Ocean exists, the drop never existed

VishistaDvaita->(not sure about this) Drop merges into Ocean? or drop becomes equal to the ocean in Mukthi?

Dvaita-> Drop is different from the Ocean, in Mukthi it enters the ocean but remains distinct.

[Guest guest]

 

It is very tricky, sometimes difficult to comprehend, but even small differences contribute to various schools of thought. So what is the Gaudiya position during Mukthi?

 

Advaita-> Only Ocean exists, the drop never existed

VishistaDvaita->(not sure about this) Drop merges into Ocean? or drop becomes equal to the ocean in Mukthi?

Dvaita-> Drop is different from the Ocean, in Mukthi it enters the ocean but remains distinct.

 

 

Let's just drop it...