Timeline for Does Shankara's Advaita Vedanta really assume the world to be an illusion?
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| Mar 16, 2021 at 11:00 | history | edited | GIRIBLR | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 1, 2021 at 5:24 | comment | added | GIRIBLR | It is Brahman appearing to be in association with maya – is the Ishvara that monitors and manages both the universe and the JIvas. It is in His control all this world of JIvas rolls about. When that is so, for us to transcend this curtain of MAyA, and to get out also of His control so that we may realise the Brahman that is the core of Him as well as us, is not possible without the sanction of that power, namely Ishvara. In other words only by the Grace of Ishvara can our mind be overcome and Brahman-realisation can happen. Kanchi Mahaperiya in Tamil | |
| Jan 31, 2021 at 14:00 | comment | added | GIRIBLR | Ishvara is not a philosophical construct. The concept of Jiva, Ishvara, jagat all exist at the vyavaharika. In fact Advaita emphasises on Ishvara anugraha.īśvarānugrahādeva puṁsām advaita-vāsanā mahadbhaya-paritrāṇād viprāṇām upajāyate. | |
| Jan 31, 2021 at 9:57 | comment | added | user22892 | I guess the comments are becoming rather long. I will post another question instead on this site. Thanks a lot for being helpful. | |
| Jan 31, 2021 at 9:55 | comment | added | user22892 | But, what is the philosophical definition of isvara? Is the isvara, also a living being, or is he a powerful supernatural being, or is it a philosophical concept that is embodied by the brahmana philosophers for convenience, to take these concepts to the common man, and there is no independent/'real' isvara (according to vedanta)? | |
| Jan 31, 2021 at 9:40 | history | edited | GIRIBLR | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 31, 2021 at 9:36 | comment | added | GIRIBLR | Nirguna Brahman is not the creator, sustainer, or dissolver of this jagat but Ishvara is. As long as you associate yourself with the body, Ishvara is real and worthy of worship. If you realise that you are Brahman, then all that is is Brahman. | |
| Jan 31, 2021 at 9:02 | comment | added | user22892 | In short, as advaita vedanta is also connected with bhakti tradition (Sankara composed many hyms too, I've heard), I want to know what is the philosophical basis of worship? (2/2) | |
| Jan 31, 2021 at 9:02 | comment | added | user22892 | Yes, I have heard of this. But, what I wanted to know is what is the philosophical basis for isvara in the advaita vedanta system? For example, is it 'the intelligent and material cause of the jagat’s origin, existence, and dissolution', as you have written? Is it this cause that is given a physical form and attribute to visualize? Or does vedanta allow for the existence of 'a willing god' who causes the universe to function and his form is worshipped? (1/2) | |
| Jan 31, 2021 at 8:38 | comment | added | GIRIBLR | Saguna Brahman is Ishvara. One can worship and meditate upon this Isvara. However, Saguna-Brahman has only a vyävahärika reality. As long as you think you are the Jiva, body mind, Ishvara is real i.e. valid in the vyavaharika satya. However, for a jnani, Ishvara and other jivas are all Brahman and do not have an independent existence apart from Atman. | |
| Jan 31, 2021 at 5:59 | comment | added | user22892 | "Saguna Brahman (Ishvara) is sarvajna, sarva-saktimän, etc but does not have an absolute reality." Could you please explain this concept more clearly? What exactly is Saguna Brahman? Is it the empirical material world, when considered in whole? You could direct me to some answer on this site/reference material too. | |
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| Jan 31, 2021 at 5:45 | history | answered | GIRIBLR | CC BY-SA 4.0 |