[Advaita-l] World is mind alone: Shankara

[V Subrahmanian]

On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 7:13 PM, sreenivasa murthy via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Dear Friends,   Clarification for the following questions is requested
> :     (1) Does the mind exist prior to the appearance of the world?     (2)
> If the world is mind only , then why there is distinction and difference
> between mind
>           and matter which is perceptible?     (3) Do the mind and the
> world appear simulteneously?    ( 4) If the world is mind only then this
> doctrine comes under the category of IDEALISM,
>

Dear Sir,

The answers to your questions are already there in the very first post on
this topic and a few others that followed it. The Cosmic Puruṣa's mind is
what the entire world is. In Vedanta, the mind is also matter alone, being
pānchabhautika. See the BG 13.5 and 6 where kshetram is described: mind,
along with its thoughts/transformation, and the outside world of matter are
all prakrti, matter, only. The world and the mind appear simultaneously
since when the mind lapses into sleep no world is experienced and when the
mind wakes up from sleep, the world is experienced. The bhashya to the
mundaka mantra cited says this. This doctrine does not come under idealism
since the unchanging consciousness, that is distinct from the kshanika
vijnana of the bauddha, is there as the adhishthanam of the mind and the
world. The seer kshetrajna is distinct from mind-world.

All these were already stated either implicitly or explicitly.

regards
vs


>           is it not so?  I have a request :the replies should be facts
> which can be verified by all. PLEASE,NO QUOTATIONS FROM OLD TEXTS LIKE
> YOGAVASISHTA etc.
>  With respectful namaskars,Sreenivasa Murthy
>
>
>
>       From: Venkatesh Murthy via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-
> vedanta.org>
>  To: A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta <advaita-l at lists.advaita-
> vedanta.org>
> Cc: Venkatesh Murthy <vmurthy36 at gmail.com>; Venkata sriram P <
> venkatasriramp at yahoo.in>
>  Sent: Monday, 31 July 2017 5:56 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] World is mind alone: Shankara
>
> Namaste
>
> This is in 2 volumes but only Original with Commentary in Sanskrit only -
>
> https://archive.org/download/The.Yoga-Vasistha.of.Valmiki.
> with.Vasistha.Maharamayana-tatparya
>
> On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 5:10 PM, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Dear Sriram garu,
> >
> > The link you have given is that of 'Laghu Yoga Vāsiṣṭham' and not the
> > Original text which is said to contain 36000 verses. I have seen that in
> a
> > library, having published by the Maharaja of Mysore, with a ṭīkā as
> well,in
> > multiple volumes. The 'laghu' is a condensation with some 6000 verses,
> if I
> > am right.
> >
> > regards
> > subbu
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 4:56 PM, Venkata sriram P via Advaita-l <
> > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Dear Sir,
> > >
> > > My mail consists the link too.
> > >
> > > reg,
> > > sriram
> > > --------------------------------------------
> > > On Mon, 31/7/17, Guruvayurappan Ramabhadran <gurutnj at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >  Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] World is mind alone: Shankara
> > >  To: "Venkata sriram P" <venkatasriramp at yahoo.in>, "A discussion group
> > > for Advaita Vedanta" <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
> > >  Date: Monday, 31 July, 2017, 11:19 AM
> > >
> > >  Dear Sri.Venkat - Ram Ram. Do you
> > >  have a soft copy of complete Yoga vāśištam? If so, would
> > >  you be able to send me or you an point me a link, from where
> > >  I can download. Thanks in advance!
> > >
> > >  Regards
> > >  Guruvayurappan R
> > >
> > >  Sent from my iPhone. Excuse
> > >  Brevity.
> > >
> > >  > On 31-Jul-2017, at
> > >  16:45, Venkata sriram P via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-
> > > vedanta.org>
> > >  wrote:
> > >  >
> > >  >
> > >  लघुयोगवशिष्ठसारः -
> > >  स्थितिप्रकरणं –
> > >  चतुर्थसर्गः
> > >  (श्लो०-९५)
> > >  > (vide pg
> > >  .no.332)
> > >  >
> > >  ……………………………
> > >  >
> > >  > /////////////////
> > >  >
> > >  >
> > >  > https://archive.org/stream/LaghuYogaVasishthaVasudevaShar
> > > maPanasikara/Laghu%20Yoga%20Vasishtha%20-%20Vasudeva%
> > > 20Sharma%20Panasikara#page/n343/mode/2up/search/%E0%A4%
> > > AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE
> > >  >
> > >  > /////////////////
> > >  >
> > >  >
> > >  आकाश-सदृशम् सर्वम्
> > >  कलना.मात्र-जृम्भितम्
> > >  /
> > >  > जगत् पश्य
> > >  महाबुद्धे सु.दीर्घम्
> > >  स्वप्नम् उत्थितम् //
> > >  >
> > >  > O Rama ! All this is
> > >  like creation is like a vast expanse of ether which is only
> > >  a product of imagination in Mind;
> > >  >
> > >  Perceive this world as 'a product of long dream'.
> > >
> > >  >
> > >  > Regs,
> > >  > Sriram
> > >  >
> > >  >
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