Advaita vada philosophy
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 8
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
CC Adi-lila
Other Books by Srila Prabhupada
Renunciation Through Wisdom
Lectures
Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Lectures
Conversations and Morning Walks
1974 Conversations and Morning Walks
Prabhupāda: [break] The thing is... This is the conclusion, that guru may be worshiped as Kṛṣṇa, but the worshiper knows that "I am worshiping my guru not because he has become Kṛṣṇa, but he is the most confidential servant of Kṛṣṇa." That is Vaiṣṇava.
Dr. Patel: All the Vaiṣṇavas, what he has said. Every time he has said the same thing.
Prabhupāda: This is the difference between Vaiṣṇava school and Māyāvādī school. Advaita-vāda and dvaita-vāda. They become very strong, at the same time, remain servant.
Dr. Patel: These śuddhādvaita-vādīs, their upper garment and lower garment the same as... [break] ...you call Māyāvādīs, they say that this is all humbug and nothing and nonexistence. They... [break] ...both are one and both are right and both are existent and both are... There is no illusion, as you say. The same thing.
Prabhupāda: Simultaneously one and different.
Dr. Patel: That is a little (indistinct)
Prabhupāda: So unless you accept this difference, then it is Māyāvāda. Simply oneness is Māyāvāda.Professor La Combe: Comparative philosophy, the Indian branch.
Jyotirmayī: But this year you were teaching the Tenth Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
Professor La Combe: Yes. That was one of them actually, with other courses. But I am retiring, finished, you see. I retire to come...
Prabhupāda: So comparative philosophy, Māyāvāda, that Advaita-vāda, Dvaita-vāda, Viśiṣṭādvaita. Which of them you like? Or you remain simply student? You remain neutral or you like some philosophy?
Professor La Combe: I try to be objective, but not neutral. I have more personal affinity with Śaṅkara, er, with Rāmānuja than with Śaṅkara.
Prabhupāda: No, Rāmānuja...
Bhagavān: Personal attraction.
Professor La Combe: Yes. Although, of course, I try... I have written another book on Śaṅkara and Rāmānuja compared, you see.
Prabhupāda: I see.Then there is no advaita-vāda. There is dvaita-vāda. Two. There is no advaita-vāda. If you accept that you remain different, then there is no advaita.
1976 Conversations and Morning Walks
Prabhupāda: Bhakti means that. Nitya-yuktā upāsana. Upāsana continues. Here they're upāsana. Here the devotees offering worship to the Deity, it is upāsana. And after being perfect, that upāsana will continue. It will never stop.
Indian man (2): It will never stop, that's the fact. That is that a man...
Prabhupāda: But Māyāvādī philosophy is that you offer upāsana now and when you are perfect you become one.
Indian man (2): Not one. I mean you merge with one. Not you become one. You merge with one.
Prabhupāda: Then there is no advaita-vāda. There is dvaita-vāda. Two. There is no advaita-vāda. If you accept that you remain different, then there is no advaita.
Indian man (2): We don't dare do you see, ācchā, at a particular stage you like to merge with Him?
Prabhupāda: Meeting, I am meeting you. That does not mean we have become one. You are meeting me, I am meeting you. So we are different.
Indian man (2): What is ultimate object of that bhakti?
Prabhupāda: Ultimate object is you are offering this flower—this is bhakti. But you are different than me.
Indian man (2): That's all right. That is all right. That bhakti, you can call it love, you can call it various things. Bhakti means surrender.Prabhupāda: Interaction. That does not mean bhakta and Bhagavān become equal.
Indian man (2): Bhakta and Bhagavān may not be equal, but even the bhakti-mārga and we say the Bhagavān Himself declares that "My bhakta is more superior to Me."
Prabhupāda: That's all right. You say whatever you say, they remain two-different.
Indian man (2): They may remain two...
Prabhupāda: Then that is not advaita-vāda. That is dvaita-vāda. Two, two, not one. That is dvaita-vāda. That is the point.
Indian man: You mean to say eternally there is a soul and... This ātmā and Paramātmā will remain separate?
Prabhupāda: Yes. Therefore the... Therefore it is said: nitya-yuktā upāsate. Therefore the word is there, nitya-yuktā. Nitya means everlasting.
Indian man: Everlasting. You remain separate.
Prabhupāda: Separate. And that is a fact.Page Title: | Advaita vada philosophy |
Compiler: | Aparajita Radhika, Visnu Murti, ChrisF |
Created: | 01 of Sep, 2008 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=1, CC=3, OB=1, Lec=4, Con=4, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 13 |