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What is Mayavaad
Mayavaad doctrine says that all the forms, pastimes, names, and abode of the
Supreme Lord Krsna , are all concoction of Maya.
Because the real supreme force working behind all this is the Brahman. Which they
define as featureless, formless, Name less in a
nutshell they term brahman as a attributeless universal consciousness of which
jeevas are part of. Each jeeva according to this theory
is the brahman himself just that they forget their true position due to the
influence of Maya(Illusion). Now actually we see that they
say Brahman is Non dual and is the only consciousness the one without a second. But
in the very first prelude it is said that Brahman
gets contaminated with Maya so if Brahman is the only entity from where does Maya
Originates?. If Maya and Brahman are same then
how can Maya cover brahman?.It is clearly mentioned that Maya Covers Brahmin to
form Jeevas so Maya and Brahman are different entities.
May be Maya can be the energy of Brahman. This can be contradicted too see when
they say Brahman is the attributeless entity they are defining
some formless Energy then how can Maya be the Energy of A Entity which itself is a
Entity.
Refutations of Mayavaad:
पृथग् वक्तुं गुणास्तस्य नशक्यन्तेाऽमितत्वः ।
यतोाऽतोा ब्रह्मशब्देान सर्वेाषां ग्रहणं भवेात् ॥
एातस्माद्ब्रह्मशब्दोायं विष्णोारेाव विषेाशणं ।
अमिता हि गुणा यस्मान्नान्येाषां तमृतेा विभुम् ॥' इति पाद्मे ।
It is said in the Padma Puraana, as follows: The qualities (gunas) of Brahman
cannot be individually described, for they are (verily) innumerable. Hence He is
called Brahman, which means absolutely perfect,
so that all His qualities may be (at least) collectively denoted. And for this
reason, this word, Brahman, is invariably used to denote Vishnu (as distinguished
from other deities). For except the Brahman, none are of immeasurable qualities.
Purusha-Tattva refers to the level of Brahman and the ‘formless’ refers to the
material energy, Prakrti.
अव्यक्तात्तु परः पुरुषो व्यापकोऽलिङ्ग एव च ।
यं ज्ञात्वा मुच्यते जन्तुरमृतत्वं च गच्छति ॥ ८ ॥
न संदृशे तिष्ठति रूपमस्य न चक्शुषा पश्यति कश्चनैनम् ।
हृदा मनीषा मनसाभिक्लृप्तो य एतद्विदुरमृतास्ते भवन्ति ॥ ९ ॥
Beyond the Avyaktam is Purusha, all-pervading and devoid of linga (indicative
mark), whom knowing the mortal is freed and attains immortality. His form stands
not within the fold of vision. None sees him with the eye.
By the intellect controlling the mind, and by constant meditation is he revealed.
Whoso knows that becomes immortal.
-Katha Upanishad, Valli 6, Mantras 8–9
Bhaashya by Shripaada Madhvaachaarya: No one can see the form of Vishnu through his
senses, except when He assumes a body and incarnates; and even the mere seeing of
incarnation-forms of the Lord does not lead to Release, unless the person seeing
realises the Lord in that Form through Jñāna Dṛsti. The Yogin gets release only
when he sees the Lord through wisdom-vision, never by physical sight of the senses.
पुरुष: स पर: पार्थ भक्त्या लभ्यस्त्वनन्यया ।
यस्यान्त:स्थानि भूतानि येन सर्वमिदं ततम् ॥ 22 ॥
The Supreme Divine Personality is greater than all that exists. Although He is all-
pervading and all living beings are situated in Him, yet He can be known only
through devotion.
Bhaashya by Shripaada Madhvacharya: ‘paramam saadhanamaaha purusha iti‘ - Shri
Krishna speaks about the Supreme Subject as the Purusha.
-Bhagavad Geeta, Chapter 8, Shloka 22
Not only this, but even the Naaraayana Sukta describes Naaraayana the same way:
सहस्र शीर्षं देवं विश्वाक्षं विश्वशंभुवम् ।
विश्वै नारायणं देवं अक्षरं परमं पदम् ॥
This universe is the Eternal Being (Naaraayana), the imperishable, the supreme, the
goal, with thousands of heads and thousands of eyes, the resplendent, the source of
delight for the whole universe.
-Naaraayana Sukta, Mantra 1
नारायण परं ब्रह्म तत्त्वं नारायणः परः ।
नारायण परो ज्योतिरात्मा नारायणः परः ॥ ४ ॥
Naaraayana is the Supreme Brahman; Naaraayana is the Supreme Reality; Naaraayana is
the Supreme Light; Naaraayana is the Supreme Aatma (Paramaatma).
-Naaraayana Sukta, Mantra 4
भवानीनाथै: स्त्रीगणार्बुदसहस्रैरवरुध्यमानो भगवतश्चतुर्मूर्तेर्महापुरुषस्य तुरीयां तामसीं मूर्तिं प्रकृ तिमात्मन: सङ्कर्षणसंज्ञामात्मसमाधिरूपेण सन्निधाप्यैतदभिगृणन् भव उप-धावति
॥ १६ ॥
In Ilāvṛta-varṣa, Lord Śiva is always encircled by ten billion maidservants of
Goddess Durgā, who minister to him. The quadruple expansion of the Supreme Lord is
composed of Vāsudeva, Pradyumna, Aniruddha and Saṅkarṣaṇa. Saṅkarṣaṇa, the fourth
expansion, is certainly transcendental, but because His activities of destruction
in the material world are in the mode of ignorance, He is known as tāmasī, the
Lord’s form in the mode of ignorance. Lord Śiva knows that Saṅkarṣaṇa is the
original cause of his own existence, and thus he always meditates upon Him in
trance by chanting the following mantra.
There are Million More proofs due to Time Constraints I have sent the ones which
can readily Smash the Mayavaadi Vedanta