[Advaita-l] Crossing death is not immortality

[H S Chandramouli]

Reg  << what do we mean by “crossing death by avidya or yajna or
ritual”.>>,

"crossing death " here is to attain " relative immortality ", namely
attaining Svarga loka or Brahma loka, where life is very much longer than
in other lokas like ours.

Regards

2016-06-23 15:34 GMT+05:30 D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>:

> It seems that there was a tradition prevalent in ancient times that death
> can be crossed by ritual.
>
> For example in Namakam (rudradhyaya) we have
>
> ये ते सहस्रमयुतं पाशा मृत्यो मर्त्याय हन्तवे।
>
> तान् यज्ञस्य मायया सर्वानव यजामहे।
>
> In Vishnu Purana in the Kandikya-Kesidhvaja dialogue kesidhvaja says
>
> अहं ह्यविद्यया मृत्युं तर्तु कामः करोमि वै ।
>
> राज्यं यागांश्च विविधान्भोगैः पुण्यक्षयं तथा ।।
>
> Yajna is here equated with avidya.
>
> Isavasyopanishad after a lot of jugglery with words Vidya and avidya says
>
> अविद्यया मृत्युं तीर्त्वा विद्यया अमृतमश्नुते ।।
>
> Here avidya is interpreted by Sankara as ritual. Crossing death is
> different from immortality.
>
> My question is, what do we mean by “crossing death by avidya or yajna or
> ritual”.
> regards,
> Sarma.
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