[Advaita-l] (Alleged) Internal Inconsistencies in the Advaita Tradition

Rajaram Venkataramani rajaramvenk at gmail.com
Mon Jun 27 14:43:06 CDT 2011


Hare Krishna. I dont know why you say that the internal inconsistency is
an allegation. There are two primary classifications


   1. aneka iva vada (many jivas)
   2. eka jiva vada (one jiva)

aneka jiva vada is classified in to

   1. abhasa vada (semblence) - vartika
   2. pratibimba vada (reflection)
   3. avacheda vada (delimitation)

abhasa vada (vartika) has two types


   1. isvara and saksi are one
   2. isvara and saksi are differnt

 pratibimbha vada has two types


   1. isvara (maya upahita caitanya) reflected on mind avidya conditioned by
   mind is jiva (vivarana)
   2. bimba (maya upahita caitanya) reflected on avidya is is isvara,
   bimba reflected on antahkarana is jiva (samkshepa sariraka)

On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Anand Hudli <anandhudli at hotmail.com>wrote:

> Please see:
>
> http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/2011-January/026319.html
> http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/2011-January/026337.html
> http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/2011-January/026343.html
> http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/2011-January/026395.html
>
> Anand
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