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

[Ravi Kiran]

Namaste

Please clarify :

1) avidyapratyupasthapita - conjured up by avidya -

Needless to say an absence of anything including knowledge can
conjure nothing.


That Brahman alone is the substratum for Maya - and it is none other than
the
Parabrahman's intrinsic innate Shakti - and that it alone is Avidya. Such an
avidya then cannot be an absence - Brahman with the "absence of knowledge"
cannot "like a magician" conjure up a multi-variegated appearance.

----

what do you refer by the phrase " absence of anything including knowledge"
or
 "absence - Brahman with the "absence of knowledge" ?

Is it tattva-agrahanam ?

In that sense, you are stating that -

avidya is not just tattva-agrahanam, but more an entity like - beeja shakti
(which has Parameshwara as ashraya), and has some rendering power and aids
in videha-mukti, after one attains vidyA (which destroys avidyA) ? Is this
so?


The existence of such a causal potentiality beejashakti renders it moreover
possible that the released souls muktanam should not enter on new courses
of existence, as it is destroyed by perfect knowledge vidyaya.

Is this based on some prakriya ? Can you share where such details are
discussed ?

Thanks


On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 8:03 AM, shyam subramanian via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> I had previously written an essay on this topic
> Here is a link - hope it is useful.
> http://www.vijnana.org/2010/07/avidya-and-maya.html?m=1
> Hari OM
> Shyam
>
> > On Aug 10, 2016, at 1:25 AM, R Krishnamoorthy via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> > Dear
> > Maya is the result of Avidhya. Maya is what is perceived by our sense
> > organs. You can read Mandukhya upanishad and Gaudapada karika for
> > understanding these two. You can also listen to SriParamarthanandha
> > lectures in the website mediafire.com under the heading Vichara Sarga
> > Both are difficult concepts.
> > R. Krishnamoorthy
> > On 9 Aug 2016 01:53, "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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