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

[Ravi Kiran]

Namaste Praveenji

As per one line of thought, there is no need to posit avidyA (locus) in
nirguna nirvisesha Brahman (though Brahman is opposed to Nothing, as seen
in creation), as avidyA/mAya is upAdhi Ashrita, but never in para brahman,
though it (avidyA/mAya) is accepted as Brahman's own  (dvaya) AbhAsa or
spandanam (ananyatvam in kArya and kArana)

As per the discussion we had yday, the locus of (mUla) avidyA is admitted
in sat padArtha Brahman ( nirguna or para ) itself and it is traikAlika
bAdhita with the rising of knowledge.

Thanks

On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 7:47 PM, Praveen R. Bhat via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste Chandramouliji,
>
> That mithyA sentient entity will have its locus in brahman any way. It will
> be just an indirection.
>
> On 24 Sep 2016 6:27 pm, "H S Chandramouli" <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 6:14 PM, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
> > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > << Yet we do not see any sentient entity other than Brahman.
> > Hence it is quite alright to have Brahman as the one endowed with avidyā,
> > now dispels it by vidyā and attains its native sarvātmabhāva. >>,
> >
> >
> >
> > perhaps it is better to conceive of another mithya  “sentient” entity
> > (chidabhAsa) with its origin from Brahman, which is endowed with avidya,
> > and which attains its native sarvAtmabhAva on destruction of avidya.
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards
> >
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