[Advaita-l] avidya vs maayaa - What is the difference? Part III

[Venkatraghavan S]

Namaste Sri Bhaskar ji,
That mantra जीवेशावभासेन करोति माया च अविद्या च स्वयमेव भवति is saying that
prakriti which is itself mAya and avidyA, creates the reflections of
consciousness in those two, known as Ishvara and jIva respectively.

This particular view is what I was referring to in the earlier email, as
shuddha sattva / malina sattva etc, as you rightly observed.

Regards,
Venkatraghavan

On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 9:50 AM, Bhaskar YR <bhaskar.yr at in.abb.com> wrote:

> praNAms Sri Venkatraghavan prabhuji
> Hare Krishna
>
> 2) From tattvaviveka (Ch 1 of Panchadashi of VidyAraNya svAmi): Based on
> the Nrsimha tApini upanishad vAkya जीवेशावभासेन करोति माया च अविद्या च
> स्वयमेव भवति, this view holds that avidyA and mAya are two forms /
> configurations of triguNAtmika mUlaprakriti. The configuration of
> mUlaprakriti where rajas and tamas are dominated by shuddha sattva is
> called mAya. Where rajas and tamas dominate the sattva, it is called
> avidyA. Thus, says Appayya DIkshitar, differences are imagined/postulated
> (parikalpya) between avidyA and mAya. Here, avidyA and mAya are two
> configurations of the same prakriti.
>
> >  Perhaps this is what you wanted to convey when you were saying brahman/
> Ishwara's (dominant) shuddha sattva guNa (over rajas and thamas)  is itself
> avidyA !!  However I am not able to understanding this in the light of
> upanishat vAkyA - जीवेशावभासेन करोति माया च अविद्या च स्वयमेव भवति -
> svayameva bhavati...mAya is vaishNavi mAya (mUla prakruti, which is  avidyA
> beeja saMyukta and saMyukta pada makes the difference between avyakta and
> avidyA) of the Ishwara and lord affectionately calls it mama mAyA...(daivee
> hyeshA guNamayee mama mAyA duratyayA)..mAyA as shakti is svabhAva (mUla
> prakruti) of the Ishwara and again it is his Shakti and there is no
> difference between the Shakti and custodian of this Shakti (sA shaktiH
> brahmaiva ahaM Shakti shaktimatOH ananyatvAt, mama svarUpabhUtA madeeya
> mAyA etc. )
>
> >  Since your observation (shuddha sattva guNa = Ishwara's avidyA) nearly
> matches with the above (second option ) thought of sharing something with
> you.  That's it :-)
>
> Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
> bhaskar
>
>