[Advaita-l] The 'Light of Consciousness'.

[H S Chandramouli]

Namaste Raghav Ji,

Reg  << When Shruti takes of ekonavimshati mukhah of taijasa , is She
referring to
B's sUxma sharIra or is it K's sUxma sharIra (the one which is entirely
sublated on waking from dream) that is being pointed to? >>,

Reference is to B only because Shruti is talking of ‘ experiencer ‘.  K is
not an experiencer at all. In the context of dream, ekonavimshati mukhah is
to be understood as the vishayas experienced without the aid of indriyas.
B’s  experience include shabda/rupa etc (vishayas of jnanendriyas),
walking/grasping etc (vishayas of karmendriyas), hunger/thirst etc
(vishayas of prANa), thinking etc (vishayas of MI). ekonavimshati mukhah  means
the experience of B extends over all the types which are applicable to the
waking state to which also ekonavimshati mukhah is specified. In the waking
state, indriyas assist in the experience. In the dream state the experience
is without the aid of indriyas. That is the difference. That is clear from
kArika 2-15 I had mentioned earlier.

अव्यक्ता एव येऽन्तस्तु स्फुटा एव च ये बहिः ।
कल्पिता एव ते सर्वे विशेषस्त्विन्द्रियान्तरे ॥ १५ ॥

avyaktA eva ye.antastu sphuTA eva cha ye bahiH |

kalpitA eva te sarve visheShastvindriyAntare || 15 ||

In short, dream state is practically DSV even when SDV is appropriate for
waking state. I am using the term ‘ practically ‘ instead of ‘ absolutely ‘
since I am not sure if some minor differences could obtain.

Regards

On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 3:49 PM Raghav Kumar Dwivedula via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste Chandramouli and Sada ji
> It appears that the word dreamer is being used in two different ways here.
> Let's say a begging person B starts to dream he is a King K. Now, does the
> word 'dreamer' refer to B alone whose memories are the material out of
> which has been projected the dream universe. Or dies the word dreamer refer
> to K, the incidental avatar assumed within the dream?
> You are taking the first stand. Sada ji is assuming the second.
> Now is one of these stands alone appropriate in the context of Mandukya?
>
> When Shruti takes of ekonavimshati mukhah of taijasa , is She referring to
> B's sUxma sharIra or is it K's sUxma sharIra (the one which is entirely
> sublated on waking from dream) that is being pointed to?
>
> In the context of the svayam-jyotiH brAhmaNa, the jIva moves along the
> nADis etc., during dream and projects the dream by his own inner Light, so
> there it's the waker i.e.,  B's indriyAs alone that are referenced . But I
> am not so sure in the mANDukya context as I mentioned in the previous para.
>
> Looking for some more inputs from you ...thank you
> Om
> Raghav
>
>
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