[Advaita-l] Question on adhyaasa

[H S Chandramouli]

Perhaps the following may be added for clarity.

This  veiling of kUtastha and prevention of its cognition by jIva mentioned
in the first part is due to the anyOnydhyAsa mentioned in the second
sentence.

Pranams and Regards

On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 4:20 PM H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> Pranams Sri Sadananda Ji,
>
> Reg  << We are doing the Panchadasi Ch. 6 -Chitadeepa prakaraNa.In that,
> there is a discussion adhyaasa using ghaTaakaasa, jalaakaasha, meghaakaasha
> and mahaakaasha in relation to kuuTashta, brahman, jeeva and Iswara. How do
> you explain these analogies and more importantly the anyonya adhyaasa here?
> Panchadasi- Ch. 6 – Sloka24 says:
> Jalavyomnaa ghaTaakaaShO yathaa sarvastirohitaH|
>
> Tathaa jeevena kuuTasthaH saH anyOnya adhyaasa uchyate||
>
> yathaa, Jalavyomnaa ghaTaakaaShaH, sarvaH tirOhitaH; tathaa jeevena
> kuuTasthaH, saH anyonya adhyaasaH
> It says, anyonya adhhaasa – what is the mutual superimposition here? >>,
>
> My understanding.
>
> Definitions
>
> 1.       kUtastha----  Consciousness  limited by the antahkarana or
> mind/intellect
>
>  2. jIva----Consciousness limited by antahkaraNa or mind/intellect +
> antahkaraNa or mind/intellect including vAsanAs/samskArAs  + reflection of
> Consciousness in antahkaraNa or mind/intellect.
>
> 3. Isvara------mAyA + Consciousness limited by mAyA + reflection of
> Consciousness in mAyA
>
> 4. Brahman------Consciousness
>
>  5. ghtAkAsha-----space limited by a pot filled with water
>
> 6. jalAkAsha------ghatAkAsha + water in the jar + reflection of the space
> along with trees, creepers, stars etc
>
> 7. mEghAkAsha------clouds  + space occupied by the clouds + reflection of
> the vast universal space in the clouds
>
> 8. mahAkAsha-------Vast Universal Space
>
> Equivalences or analogy.
>
> 1.       Brahman--------mahAkAsha
>
> 2.       Isvara-------------mEghAkAsha
>
> 3.       Kutastha---------ghatAkAsha
>
> 4.       jIva-----------------jalAkAsha
>
> anyOnyadhyAsa or mutual superimposition is as follows.
>
> Just as the jalAkAsha with the reflected trees/creepers/stars  veils the
> ghatAkAsha  which is its adhisthAna completely and prevent its cognition,
> the jIva or mind/intellect  with its vAsanAs/samskArAs  completely obscures
>  the kUtastha which is its adhisthAna  and prevents its cognition. The
>  sentience  which belongs to Consciousness is transferred and appears to
> belong to jIva. Whereas  attributes like pain and pleasure, likes and
> dislikes etc which really belong to the insentient mind/intellect are
> transferred and appear to belong to the sentient entity which is the
> kUtastha.
>
> Pranams and Regards
>
>
>
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