On 10/11/2014 4:35 PM, wgm4u wrote:
I like what MMY says on the subject,
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/Maybe I missed it, but where and when did MMY say anything about
Gaudapada and the Buddha?/
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reality is both relative (dynamic) and absolute (silent), the unity of
the two is the eternal reality of living being. Only in the pralaya
does the Absolute exist ALONE.
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/All schools of Indian philosophy acknowledge the existence of the
manifest world but each interprets differently the relationship between
the ultimate reality and the manifest world of matter. //
//So, let's review what we know:
//Kashmir Saivism teaches that consciousness alternates between two
phases, rest and action. The phase of transcendental rest is called
'pralaya' in Sanskrit, which has no first beginning, therefore no primal
cause. ///Kashmir Saivism contends that there is only one reality, but
it has two aspects; therefore the manifestation is real. This is based
on the argument that the effect cannot be different from its cause. The
world of matter is only another form of consciousness. ///
//
//Samkhya doctrine contends that there are two independent realities,
and that the manifest world is the appearance of unconscious matter as
separate and independent. The Vedanta doctrine contends that there is
only one ultimate reality which never changes; therefore the manifest
world is an 'appearance' only. //
//
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