[Advaita-l] Swami Nischalananda Saraswathi replies to ISKCON's claims of Advaita being a Mayavadi

[V Subrahmanian]

While saying that the 'Shakti' is admitted in Upanishads and Bh.Gita, the
Swamiji mentioned the Srimadbhagavatam too.

vs

On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 7:50 AM, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 7:19 PM, Keshava Mahadeva via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
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>> Hi All,
>>
>> In the below video, Swami Nischalananda Saraswathi gives fitting reply to
>> ISKCON's claims of Advaita being a Mayavadi. The questioner quotes from
>> Padma Purana the talk between Shiva and Devi.
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN9KpDg9X0g
>>
>> I see a lot of positive comments and also a good number of likes which
>> made
>> me to think that he has given a fitting reply. I don't understand Hindi.
>>
>> Can someone translate to me what he says?
>>
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> The main points that emerge from his talk are:
>
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>    - Advaita is Brahma sahita maayaa vaada and not brahma rahita maayaa
>    vaada.  This means, Advaita admits maya as a shakti of Brahman.
>    - This is amply validated in the Upanishads and Bh.Gita.
>    - 'Indro maayaabhih puru rupa iyate' - Brahman, through maya takes
>    many forms.  Br.Up. / Shvetashvatara
>    - 'mayaa adhyakshena prakritih suuyate sa caraacaram..'  Bh.gita. With
>    me as presiding consciousness, prakritis creates this world.
>    - So, It is Brahma vaada along with shakti.  Without shakti Brahman
>    cannot do anything.
>    - Iskcon people have fused Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's doctrine with
>    Madhvacharya's doctrine.
>
> (This is not from the video): Even Bhamati has termed Advaita, Mayavada.
> This is with a purpose: The opponent schools of Vedanta, refuted in the
> Brahma sutras, were all prapancha satya, jiva naanaatva vaadins. Sankhya,
> vaisheshika, patanjala, nyaya, charvaka, etc.They did not accept the maya
> of the upanishads for their doctrine.  Vedanta alone accepts maya of the
> Upanishads. Hence to distinguish Vedanta from all others, the term mayavada
> was used.
>
> regards
> subbu
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>
>> Thanks
>> Keshava
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