[Advaita-l] Debunking Drishti-Srishti Vada and Eka Jiva Vada - part 1

[H S Chandramouli]

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> Reg   << Can the phrase 'Tat Tvam Asi' be interpreted based on our
> personal
> preference or should it be interpreted based on what Uddalaka said to
> Shvetaketu in the context of Chandogya? Can the Mahavakyas have multiple
> implied meanings? Aren't the two interpretations >different from each
> other? Did Shankara interpret 'Tat Tvam Asi' in this fashion?
> >Isn't it clear that Madhusudana Saraswati, in an attempt to prove DSV
> re-interpreted the mahavakya, thus thereby differing from Shankara?>>,
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> In my understanding, the mahAvAkya appropriate for DSP (version discussed
> by Swami Vidyaranya in his Anubhutiprakasha) is
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> << इदं सर्वं यदयमात्मा >>  Br. Up. 2-4-6
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> << idaM sarvaM yadayamAtmA >>
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> and the clue the sAdhaka resorts to as an aid for maintaining this
> understanding is
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> << स्वप्नवत्  >>   <<  svapnavat  >>.
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> The prakriyA does away with the need to understand the terms तत् (tat)
> (Iswara/Brahman), त्वम् (tvam) (jIva) andअसि (asi) (negation of
> difference between the two) required in the SDP which Swami Vidyaranya
> terms the राजमार्ग(rAjamArga), the more arduous one as compared to DSP
> which is the चोरद्वार (choradvAra), an easier shortcut.
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> The suitability of the two prakriyAs depend on the adhikAri, SDP being
> vichAra oriented and DSP being upAsana oriented in my understanding.
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> Regards
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