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

[Sujal Upadhyay]

praNAm-s

In panchadashI, SrI vidyAraNya svAmI has said that - after the removal of
aGYAna, GYAnI (jIvanmukta) sees mithyA jagat, as mithyA and GYAna are nor
opposite. However, GYAnI knows that samsAra is mithyA and hence do not get
involved in it.

It is like seeing sky meeting land. We know that it is an illusion, yet we
keep seeing it :)

In case of nirvikalpa samAdhi, one does not see (experience) any brAnti or
mithyA jagat, as one is above mAyA, but when one's consciousness descends
back to the plane of jagat, it comes under the influence of mAyA. Since
mind is necessary to see or experience anything, and mind is under
influence of mAyA, it sees or experiences jagat. However, a GYAnI is
detached from mind and hence knows the truth.

Hari OM



On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Ravi Kiran via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> > Had it really existed, then, like Brahman, it should be existing for
> ever.
>
> True..In that case, jnAna cannot dispel avidya if it really existed (as it
> is not kartru tantra)..
> jnAna can only illumine it ..
>
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 1:02 PM, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 7:03 AM, Ramachandra Achar via Advaita-l <
> > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Yes, subbu sir ,
> > >            I accept because of agnana whatever we see is false,and that
> > > object doesn't exist in all three "kaalas",
> > > For example snake seen on rope,person seen on dream......
> > >
> > > I too accept Maya ,which is due to agnana is false and doesn't exist in
> > > three  folds of time.
> > >
> > > But we have accept the existence of agnana in past and present.
> > > For example in dream whatever we see maybe false and doesn't exist.....
> > > But we have to accept the existence of dream in past and present...
> > > Similarly, agnana of seeing snake in rope  maybe false....
> > > But that agnana,which makes me to see snake in rope is not false...it
> is
> > > true and 100% exists...otherwise we can't account for this world....
> > > So,there exist two things agnana and jgnana (brahman)......atleast at
> > past
> > > and present ,maybe at features only jgnana continues to exit....
> > >
> >
> > The BG 2.16 says about 'Existence': na abhāvo vidyate sataḥ [Existence
> will
> > never go out of existence.] That which exists can never go out of
> > existence. If X is admitted to no longer exist, then its former existence
> > is in question. If māyā/ajñāna/avidyā were admitted to exist at any time
> in
> > the past and present but not in future, then its earlier existence is in
> > question. Why? For the reason that it does not satisfy the above
> definition
> > of existence.  Since it is known to cease to exist upon the dawn of
> > knowledge, it is deemed to be non-existent in all three periods of time.
> It
> > only appeared to exist but did not really exist. Had it really existed,
> > then, like Brahman, it should be existing for ever.
> >
> > vs
> >
> > Then how do you prove there exists only jgnana (Brahman),in all three
> kalas
> >
> > > and agnana doesn't exist in all three folds of time?
> > >
> > > Ramachandra
> > >
> > >
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