[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Dichotomy in creation - Advaita beautifully explained - Dream analogy - Hindi

[Sudhanshu Shekhar]

Hare Krishna Bhaskar Prabhu ji.

>  rAma, rAma IMO the statement : “ Ishwara is constructed by your dense,
> dark deluding ignorance” is utter blasphemy and no dobut it is vehemently
> propagating nireeshwara / nAstika vAda.
>

Not really. It all depends on the framework and definition of Ishwara. In
pratibimba-vAda of VivaraNa, Ishwara is bimba-chaitanya. While the
bimba-tva is avidyA-krita, the chaitanya is not avidyA-krita.

See, just as jIva is chaitanya with upAdhi (malina-sattva), similarly
Ishwara is chaitanya with upAdhi (shuddha-sattva). The respective upAdhis
are avidyA-krita, mithyA and गाढम्-ऊढतमसा-रचितम्. But the chaitanya aspect
is not mithyA or avidyA-krita.

On the other hand, if one defines Ishwara as shuddha-chaitanya, then of
course it is not avidyA-krita.

So, instead of treating the statement as blasphemy, we need to understand
what the text is trying to say. Brahma-vidyA is not about perpetuating the
difference between jIva and Ishwara by reinforcing the difference of
upAdhis. Brahma-vidyA is about dismissing the upAdhis lock, stock and
barrel and situating as the Self which is identical in all jIvAs and
Ishwara.


> So as per above dictum after jnAna, jnAni would say Ishwara / paramAtma is
> product of your ignorance don’t give any heed to Ishwara tatva and there is
> nothing that can be called Ishwara -guru etc.!!
>

The upAdhi of Ishwara is a product of ignorance. Chaitanya is not a product
of ignorance. The AbhAsa of chaitanya in upAdhi is avidyA-krita and mithyA.
The upahita-Chaitanya is not mithyA. The teaching after jnAna is -- remove
your drishTi from upAdhi and be. Period.


>  So those Jagadguru-s doing the pooja to Ishwara and offering the
> naivedyam is nothing but offering the milk to non existing ‘snake’ in
> rope!!
>

The offering of naivedya/milk is an activity in the domain of avidyA
Bhaskar ji. It is as much avidyA-krita as any other upAdhi. Be it of jIva
or of Ishwara. Some activities pave the way in dismissing the upAdhi. It is
one of them.


> paramAtma, I don’t know what more I have to see about Ishwara-guru in this
> world of dry-logic.
>

Very clearly one has to see an analyse. It is not about dry logic or wet
logic. It is just clear seeing. One has to question oneself - am I, in the
garb of wet logic, being a mere fanatic!

Regards.
Sudhanshu Shekhar.