(Continued...)
To the same question the scholars of the other
(dvaita) schools cite the ‘bhava-bhIti’ that is, the fear of the cycle of
births and deaths, as the major fear to be removed by Divine Grace and that is
why, they say, ‘abhaya’ is kept separate from the other boons; and they stop
there.
The ‘abhaya
mudrA’ is shown by the upward extended palm of the right hand. Other schools of
philosophy say that this right hand points to the Divine worlds like Vaikunta
and Kailasa in the upper worlds. But we advaitins say that it indicates the
non-dual state which is vast and boundless like the wide space (AkAsha) up above.
(Continued...)
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