Kevaladvaita philosophy
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
CC Adi-lila
CC Antya-lila
Lectures
Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures
Conversations and Morning Walks
1974 Conversations and Morning Walks
Śuddhādvaita. That is called kevalādvaita. Viṣṇu is in the material world, He's accepted as one of the devas. Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Maheśvara. So Kṛṣṇa says, aham ādir hi devānām [Bg 10.2].
Prabhupāda: So unless you accept this difference, then it is Māyāvāda. Simply oneness is Māyāvāda.
Dr. Patel: That's right. You may... You accept one and the same, separate both or another explana..., another, only Kṛṣṇa knows and nobody knows.
Prabhupāda: No, no. No, why Kṛṣṇa knows? One who is Kṛṣṇa's devotee, he knows also.
Dr. Patel: All are Vaiṣṇava devotees, aren't they?
Prabhupāda: No, no. This is Māyāvāda. Not all of.
Dr. Patel: Ācchā. Vallabhācārya's devotees, Vaiṣṇavas are not...?
Prabhupāda: Vallabhācārya is a sampradāya.
Dr. Patel: But are they not Vaiṣṇavas?
Prabhupāda: That is a sampradāya. Viṣṇu Svāmī-sampradāya. That is accepted. That is accepted.
Dr. Patel: Rāmānujācārya's Vaiṣṇava was not Vaiṣṇava?
Prabhupāda: Oh yes.
Dr. Patel: Then why do you say so? They are all Vaiṣṇavas but...
Prabhupāda: But Rāmānujācārya does not say that the devotee is God.
Dr. Patel: Nobody says so.
Prabhupāda: No. [break] ...oneness with diversity. Yes. That is viśiṣṭādvaita philosophy. And nirviśeṣa. Nirviśiṣṭa-advaitavādī sāṅkhya philosophy. Nirviśiṣṭa.
Guest (1): Nirviśiṣṭa means?
Dr. Patel: Vallabhācārya.
Prabhupāda: Nirviśiṣṭa means... No, Vallabhācārya... śuddhādvaita. Śuddhādvaita. That is called kevalādvaita. Kevalādvaita. [break] Kṛṣṇa is ādi. Viṣṇu is in the material world, He's accepted as one of the devas. Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Maheśvara. So Kṛṣṇa says, aham ādir hi devānām [Bg 10.2].Prof. Regamay: It's nearer to your approach than, for instance, I don't know, as the kevalādvaita I mean, where nirguṇa-brahman is the higher form of, than...
Prabhupāda: Nirguṇa-brahman... Just like... Here we have got this example. This is, what is called, New Zealand lake, and a few step after...,
Guru-gaurāṅga: Geneva Lake.
Prabhupāda: Geneva Lake. And few step after French lake.
Yogeśvara: Because French is a border of Geneva lake also. Therefore sometimes it's considered French.
Prabhupāda: So the sky is one. Sky is one. So in the sky, in the atmosphere, where God is forgotten, that is called material sky. And the sky where God is not forgotten, that is spiritual sky. Just like the sky is one, and the sun is one. But when your eyes are covered by cloud, you say the cloudy sky. The sky is not cloudy. The sky is one, it is always clear. But some portion of the sky there is cloud, and you say, "This is cloudy." [break] Similarly, materialism means when you forget Kṛṣṇa, that is material. And when you know Kṛṣṇa and act for Kṛṣṇa, that is spiritual.Page Title: | Kevaladvaita philosophy |
Compiler: | Serene, Jai, Kanupriya |
Created: | 20 of Nov, 2008 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=0, CC=3, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=2, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 6 |