Jiva

MIND, MATTER AND GOD : JIVA, JADA AND ISVARA
M.M.NINAN
mathas, Shri Gaudapadacharya matha is not a polemical center established to
influence the faith of all Hindus; its jurisdiction is limited to only Dakshinatya
Saraswat Brahmins. It was the beginning of the re-take of Brahminic supremacy
that lost their hold on India till then.
Gaudapada's teacher was Ajativada. Gaudapada took over the Buddhist
concept of "ajāta" from Nagarjuna's Madhyamaka philosophy, which uses the
term "anutpāda" "Ajātivāda", "the Doctrine of no-origination" [ or non-creation,
which formed the fundamental philosophical doctrine of Gaudapada. According
to Gaudapada, the Absolute is not subject to birth, change and death. The
Absolute is aja, the unborn eternal.The empirical world of appearances is
considered unreal, and not absolutely existent
Bhagavatpada Acharya wrote commentaries on the Brahma-sutra, Upanishads,
and on the Mandukya-karika
Adi Guru Shri Gaudapadacharya, the grand guru of Shri Adi Shankaracharya and the
first historical proponent of Advaita Vedanta, also believed to be the founder ofShri
Gaudapadacharya Math
Only two writings of this period have survived:
the Vākyapadīya, written by Bhartṛhari (second half 5th century), and the Māndūkyakārikā
written by Gaudapada (7th century CE)
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