AJATA VADA- NON
ORIGINATION (OF CREATION) CONTD…
We did go through few verses related to this
doctrine. Author is sure; all those verses would have gone above our head!! He
can understand this because, when he first read these verses in 2010, it
was good to know intellectually but difficult to experience!!
We will take one verse and try and understand
(Only with Sai / God’s grace) the essence, if possible and if we are
destined to understand today.
There is neither dissolution nor
creation, none in bondage and none practicing disciplines. There is none seeking
Liberation and none liberated. This is the absolute truth (verse 32,
Mandukya Karika)
All along the purpose of human birth posts,
surrender posts, karma posts, creation posts, up to the latest posts on moving
from being to becoming (from brahma sathyam jagath mithya to sarvam
khaluvidam brahma), even as per the retracing from microcosm to macrocosm,
retracing from animal man to God man, retracing from body, mind upto Purusha
and then to Purshottama, we have learnt that the spiritual journey is starting
from where we are and ultimately reaching God, merging with the God (to go and
sit on the pure canvass, never to see our drawing and the world’s drawing).
It is expected that all readers who have
followed all posts till now are beyond any doubt that when we reach and merge
with the Lord, THERE CAN BE NO CREATION, CREATOR, CREATED existing for us!! The
Jiva who can recognize the creation and yet not be affected by the same, has
merged with Brahman / God!!
Now, we have to understand the essence of Sri
Gaudapada’s teachings and the platform from where He roars.
Simple. As far as this sage is concerned, there
is no beginning, no journey, no end, no bondage, no sadhana, no liberation, no
perceiving the creation, developing dispassion for creation and then ultimately
transcending the creation.
He says - EXIST AS THE VERY ESSENCE, PURUSHA,
WITHOUT A BEGINNING. THERE IS NO CREATION!!
Thus, to the question on How God can will to
create, Gaudapada slaps the one who puts up the question gently and says, (as
though), “Exist as the one who / that is beginning less, endless, alone,
windless, with no time, no space, no cosmic vibration then dare to ask this
question, if you can!”
Why start the journey in this life with sense of
incompletion, take up the spiritual path, undergo cleansing process, transcend
ego, avidya and at the end, come to realize that you and That (God /
Purushottama) are same, non dual??
Realize that you are eternally non dual, the
same eternal, supreme consciousness!! Then, can there be creation for you? Can
there be avidya? Can there be 5 kleshas? Can there be vasanas? Can there be
karmas? Is there a need for a Guru?? Is a sishya in you there? Is anyone
bound?? To get liberated??
These are Gaudapada’s questions which are
answers by themselves to the questions put up!!
We read in a post “we create our universe
like God creates”. Gaudapada says, “be in samadhi, never will you create
your universe, nor will you recognize that there is creation”!!
Some of the lines given above are not exactly
karika verses, but the Truth which is impossible to know and experience,
given by Gaudapada, has been explained by the author is most simple
manner, otherwise, the Truth that THE CREATION NEVER CAME INTO BEING, is
impossible to be even read, leave alone digesting the same!
Hari Aum Tatsat.
