Vedanta - Discussion Forum I (introductory))

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64. <b>The Maya creates omniscience and other qualities too in Ishvara. When it can create Ishvara, the receptacle of these qualities, is it difficult to conceive that it can also create these qualities in Him ?</b>

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Sundar ji,
Panchadasi 6.197 says:
Another Sruti says that Isvara, the Lord of Maya, creates the universe, whereas the Jiva is controlled by Maya. So Isvara, associated with Maya, is the creator.

The Sruti in question is Svetasvatara Up 4.9. So the above quotation and the quotation 8.64 suggest that Isvara is both the Lord of Maya and has been created by Maya. Can both be true? Or is it a fancy way of saying that Brahman seems like Isvara when seen through Maya.

I have an interesting story to tell about the attitude of Ramakrishna Order monks towards the Dualists. I once asked Swami Sarvadevananda about his opinion about dualist monks. Swami told me that those monks also reach high spiritual status but they stop when they feel the strong attraction of Brahman since they do not want the Advaita experience.