Re: Ishvara in Advaita Vedanta?
Namaste Nirguna,
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Nirguna
When a human finite mind thinks of Brahman, Brahman is projected to Maya (illusion) as the Supreme Lord Ishvara.
It is OK but the better explanation is that Brahman (the fourth state/Turiya) associated with MAyA is Ishvara and from that two other states i.e. Waking and Dreaming states appear to come into being. Ishvara is one of the most difficult states of Brahman to understand with human brain. It is also stated that when the Brahman, i.e. the Pure Consciousness has thought-waves of Creation, sustenance and annihilation, the three states are apparently projected on the canvas of the fourth.
It is said that Lord Ishvara is purely spiritual, and transcendent. But how can Ishvara be spiritual when he is unreal when compared to the Ultimate Reality Brahman? And Ishvara is supposed to be the projection of Ishvara into the material world, how can he be spiritual then?
Ishvara is unreal Only from the fourth state as the other states are. Though this state is created due to Brahman's association with MAyA, the beauty of this state is that it doesn't perceive the unreality like the other two states and it is Unified Mass of Consciousness with other states. Mind is nothing but Brahman in the two states (Waking and Dreaming states). When all vibrations (absence of desires, anger, fear and cessation of all such thought-waves etc.) of mind stop, Mind turns into Brahman.
What do you mean by purely spiritual ? Where is written that Ishvara is purely spiritual ? Transcendent ... yes. As though it pervades the entire universe and is one of the MAyic (creation of MAyA) states and it is not deluded itself i.e. though universe is within it through and through but It is not a part of the universe.
Your question is not clear. I don't understand what you want to say.
OM
Last edited by devotee; 04 November 2012 at 02:23 AM.
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