[Advaita-l] Defintion of anubhava

H S Chandramouli hschandramouli at gmail.com
Wed Jul 5 01:39:20 EDT 2017


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> Namaste Praveen Ji,
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> Reg  << ​I do not have the book with me readily, but that चकार tells me
> that its not a definition. Its also not a definition due to the reason
> mentioned in my first post that only suffixes used are different between
> अनुभव and अनुभूति, so its like a dictionary meaning. The qualifiers used
> are equally true for any word used there, be it ज्ञान, अनुभव or अनुभूति।>>,
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> I had intentionally written  “definition’ (within inverted comma), and not
> just definition which would have made it like a dictionary meaning. My
> understanding is that in the sense used in the Vivekachudamani I have
> mentioned, there is indeed no difference between ज्ञान, अनुभव or अनुभूति.
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> Reg  << That's an interesting point, which I too subscribe too, but it
> has a slight tilt towards Bhamati, since lack of त्रिपुटि usually means
> निर्विकल्पकसमाधि। I am okay with that, but I'm not sure if everyone is,
> especially those who have trouble using the word अनुभव।>>,
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> any tilt towards Bhamati is unintended because I am myself not comfortable
> with many concepts of Bhamati. निर्विकल्पकसमाधि yes, but as understood in
> the advaitic sense and not as in Yoga shastra sense. Regarding अनुभव I
> have clarified my understanding above.
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> Summarizing my understanding with specific reference to your query, the
> term  अनुभव in the context of Brahman cannot be defined in the manner you
> are looking for.
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> Regards
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