[Advaita-l] What is the difference between Maya and avidhya ?

[V Subrahmanian]

On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 9:08 AM, Ramachandra Achar via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Sir,
>
>        Advaita don't accept the existence of Maya ,as it is the result of
> agjnana.....
>
> But they have to accept the existence of agjnana ,as a result there exists
> two things jgnana (brahman) and agjnana (Maya)....
>
> So, advaita or non-duality is lost right?
>

No. ajñāna / māyā are only vyāvahārika and hence do not have paramārtha
status.  All vyāvahārika is like the superimposed snake and hence cannot be
counted as a second entity to the substratum (rope) Brahman.

vs

>
> On 9 Aug 2016 11:50 p.m., "vaidehi chaitanya" <vaidehi.chaitanya at gmail.com
> >
> wrote:
>
> > maya and avidhya are one and the same. yogavashistha clearly says that
> > maya, avidhya, ahankar, manas, are not different from each other at all,
> > expressed differently.
> >
> > Applying a simple logic :
> >
> >  avidhya = ahankara.
> > ahankara = manas
> >  manas= maya
> > avidhya = maya
> >
> > this very logical rendering is also maya and avidhya   as Goudapada
> > refutes the very logic to show the Truth Ultimate as even beyond advaita
> >
> >
> > hari om
> >
> > vaidehi chaitanya
> >
> > ;
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 9:45 PM, Ramachandra Achar via Advaita-l <
> > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Namaskaaram,
> >>
> >>               Can anyone tell the difference between Maya and avidhya of
> >> advaita?
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Ramachandra
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