[Advaita-l] Significance of Mula Avidya

[Venkata sriram P]

Thank you Praveen ji.  A scholar like you endorsing my mail is something overwhelming for me !!

सदा रामदासस्यदासोऽहं...
श्रीराम


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On Fri, 27/10/17, Praveen R. Bhat <bhatpraveen at gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Significance of Mula Avidya
 To: "Venkata sriram P" <venkatasriramp at yahoo.in>, "A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta" <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
 Date: Friday, 27 October, 2017, 7:22 AM
 
 Namaste
 Sriramji,
 
 On
 Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 11:54 AM, Venkata sriram P via
 Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
 wrote:
 I think Madhusudana
 Saraswathi defines 'bhAva' rupa as something
 different from 'abhAva' in His
 
 monumental work 'Advaita Siddhi'.  I have not read
 that work but heard someone saying.
 
 
 
 अनादिभाव रूपत्वे सति
 ज्ञानविवर्त्या
 अविद्या । भावत्वं च
 अत्र
 अभावविलक्षणत्वमात्रं
 विवक्षितम्
 Thanks; ​I think
 this ​was also mentioned by Anandji in one part of Advaita
 Siddhi. 
 A scholar while supporting the above view says that if bhAva
 rUpa of ajnAna is accepted as an
 
 existing entity, then it affects the main principle of
 advaita as one has to accept two truths (entities) ie.,
 
 Ignorance & Brahman which violates the basic principle
 of advaita vedanta.
 
 Yes, this is why
 some people take the other extreme of abhAvarUpa.
 Instead, by bhAvarUpa, only mithyAtva is meant, not
 pAramArthikasatyatva.​ In any case, mAyA/ avidyA is
 kAryAnumeyA. 
 So, the meaning of 'ajnAna' as 'bhAva-rupa'
 implies acceptance of it's presence just like presence
 of
 
 shasha in chandra.
 
 ​True, that is
 why instead of asserting bhAvarUpAvidyA, it is said
 yat​kiMchidbhAvarUpAvidyA.
 gurupAdukAbhyAm,--Praveen R.
 Bhat
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