[Advaita-l] Vikalpa, Savikalpa, and Nirvikalpa

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On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 10:36 AM, vinayaka ns <brahmavadin at gmail.com> wrote:

> sAdhaka gains the aparOksha jnAna in samAdhi with the help of akhaNDAkAra
> vritti which is present in the nirvikalpa samAdhi.
>

Quoted bR^ihadAraNyaka-bhAShyam is opposed to the view that upAsanA or
samAdhi can do anything more that vAkya.

Let us check this view :
*sAdhaka gains aparoxa-GYAna in samAdhi.*

So, the GYAna generated by mahAvAkya is not aparoxa. Why ? Is there
difference in their shape ?


*akhaNDAkAra-vR^itti which is present in samAdhi .*.

What is this akhaNDAkAra-vR^itti which is present in samAdhi ?
Do you mean that uninterrupted AtmAkAravR^itti is akhaNDAkAra-vR^itti ?
If yes, as there is no change in shape of AtmAkAra-vR^itti in samAdhi and
vyutthAna, so what causes difference of cognition ?
Will you like to say that un-interrupted-ness is the cause of directness of
experience. That is not observed anywhere. Pot doesn't need concentration
to become aparoxa.
Do you want to say that shabda can't generate aparoxa-GYAna ?
That is also untenable. Remember dashamastvamasi.

See bhAShya :
आत्मवस्तुस्वरूपसमर्पकैरेव वाक्यैस्तत्त्वमस्यादिभिः श्रवणकाल एव तद्दर्शनस्य
कृतत्वात् द्रष्टव्यविधेर्नानुष्ठानान्तरं कर्त्तव्यम् ।

And

अपरे वर्णयन्ति -
पासनेनात्मविषयं विशिष्टं ज्ञानान्तरं भावयेत् । तेनात्मा ज्ञायते ।
अविद्यानिवर्त्तकञ्च तदेव , नात्मविषयं वेदवाक्यजनितं विज्ञानम् ।
- इति ।
एतस्मिन्नर्थे वचनान्यपि - विज्ञाय प्रज्ञां कुर्वीत , द्रष्टव्यः श्रोतव्यो
मन्तव्यो निदिध्यासितव्यः , सोऽन्वेषटव्यः स विजिज्ञासितव्यः । इत्यादीनि ।

न । अर्थान्तराभावात् ।