[Advaita-l] 'lens-grass' burning analogy

[V Subrahmanian]

Noted with thanks.

On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 3:55 PM H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Sorry The word तृण (tRRiNa) meaning grass also appears in the quote from
> Advaita Siddhi. Missedout on that.
>
> Regards
>
> On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 3:15 PM, H S Chandramouli <
> hschandramouli at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Namaste Sri Subrahmanian Ji,
>>
>> Reg  << 'lens-grass' burning analogy
>>
>> I am looking for the reference of an analogy used in the texts to show
>> that
>> 'svarupa jnanam does not directly annihilate avidya, but when directed
>> through a vritti, it does the job'. The analogy is: sun directly does not
>> burn a blade of grass but when directed through a glass/lens, it burns.
>> This analogy is in some prakarana grantha or vyakhyana.  Any help in
>> locating the text is appreciated. >>,
>>
>> The illustration is in the context of explaining that the self same
>> Consciousness can be the locus as also the annihilator of  aj~nAna under
>> different circumstances. The nearest reference I could get immediately is
>> from Advaita Siddhi,  pp 577.
>>
>> << वृत्यवच्छेदेन तस्या एवाज्ञानविरोधित्वात्, स्वतस्तृणतूलादिभासकस्य
>> सौरालोकस्य  सूर्यकान्तावच्छेदेन स्वभास्यतृणतूलादिदाहकत्ववत्
>> स्वतोऽविध्यातत्कार्यभासकस्य  चैतन्यस्य  वृत्त्यवच्छेदेन  तद्दाहकत्वात्।
>> >>
>>
>> << vRRityavacChedena tasyA evAj~nAnavirodhitvAt,
>> svatastRRiNatUlAdibhAsakasyasaurAlokasya sUryakAntAvacChedena
>> svabhAsyatRRiNatUlAdidAhakatvAt svato.avidhyAtatkAryabhAsakasya caitanyasya
>> vRRittyavacChedena taddAhakatvAt. >>
>>
>> <<  Although Pure Consciousness is devoid of the destructive
>> potentiality of aj~nAna  It receives the power of annihilating aj~nAna
>> when It becomes reflected in the mental mode. The rays of the sun illumine
>> a piece of cloth. But the same piece of cloth is burnt up when the same
>> solar rays become  focussed upon it by means of a piece of convex lens.
>> >>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>>
>>
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