[Advaita-l] What is Prakriti as per Shankaracharya?

[H S Chandramouli]

Namaste.

This is in continuation to my previous post.

The following portions from the BUB is relevant in this context.

BUB 3-9-28  <<………अत्रेदं विचार्यते — आनन्दशब्दो लोके सुखवाची प्रसिद्धः ;
अत्र च………>>

<<  ………atredaM vichAryate — Anandashabdo loke sukhavAchI prasiddhaH ; atra
cha……>>

Translation (Swami Madhavananda)  Book page 563 onwards  PDF page 591
onwards

<<  Here is something to discuss……….>>



BUB  2-5-15   <<  यदुक्तम् , ब्रह्मवित् वामदेवः प्रतिपेदे — अहं मनुरभवं
सूर्यश्चेति, स एष सर्वात्मभावो व्याख्यातः । स एष विद्वान् ब्रह्मवित्
सर्वोपाधिः सर्वात्मा सर्वो भवति ; निरुपाधिः निरुपाख्यः अनन्तरः अबाह्यः
कृत्स्नः प्रज्ञानघनः अजोऽजरोऽमृतोऽभयोऽचलः नेति
नेत्यस्थूलोऽनणुरित्येवंविशेषणः भवति ।  >>

<<  yaduktam , brahmavit vAmadevaH pratipede — ahaM manurabhavaM
sUryashcheti, sa eSha sarvAtmabhAvo vyAkhyAtaH | sa eSha vidvAn brahmavit
sarvopAdhiH sarvAtmA sarvo bhavati ; nirupAdhiH nirupAkhyaH anantaraH
abAhyaH kRRitsnaH praj~nAnaghanaH ajo.ajaro.amRRito.abhayo.achalaH neti
netyasthUlo.anaNurityevaMvisheShaNaH bhavati |  >>

Translation (Swami Madhavananda )  Book page 392  PDF page 420  << It has
been stated ……..and so on >>

These convey that for a jnAni jagat is mithya and not tuccha, He enjoys
Brahma jnAna in its aspect of sarvAtmabhAva which is essentially dvaita but
which is mithya.
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On Mon, May 9, 2022 at 1:31 PM H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaste.
>
> Reg  << He feels I am Brahman without Duality >>,
>
> If he feels so, it is duality only. He cannot be feeling it without
> duality because it is implying " I "  and  "Brahman "  and  "" feeling "".
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> On Mon, May 9, 2022 at 9:45 AM Venkatesh Murthy via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
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>> Namaste
>> On Sun, May 8, 2022 at 9:58 PM The Crimson Universe via Advaita-l <
>> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>>
>> > @Venkatesh ji,
>> > When you said there is no creation for the enlightened person, you were
>> > speaking of the absolute paramarthika reality that Gaudapada spoke of.
>> Am i
>> > right?
>> >
>> Yes.
>>
>> >
>> > Could you please explain this paramarthika reality.
>> >
>> > Is this paramarthika reality a higher samadhi like experience?
>> >
>>
>> It is not Samadhi because Samadhi is experienced in the  mind. Mind is
>> also
>> Maayaa.
>> The highest Reality is what the enlightened person becomes. He does not
>> feel I am experiencing Brahman. He feels I am Brahman without Duality.
>>
>> >
>> > On Sun, 8 May 2022, 21:49 The Crimson Universe, <
>> > the.crimson.universe at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > @Krishnamoorthy ji
>> > > If Prakriti with its 3 gunas, is within Brahman (as you just said)
>> then
>> > > doesn't that make formless brahman full of gunas?
>> > > Why do non-dualists call brahman as nirguna, if prakriti is within
>> > brahman?
>> > >
>> > > On Sun, 8 May 2022, 21:09 Srirudra via Advaita-l, <
>> > > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> Dear
>> > >> Prakriti is not Brahman.But Prakriti is in Brahman.Please read BG
>> > stanzas
>> > >> contains this word
>> > >> This will enable you understand the difference .
>> > >> R.Krishnamoorthy.
>> > >>
>> > >> Sent from my iPad
>> > >>
>> > >> > On 08-May-2022, at 1:35 PM, The Crimson Universe via Advaita-l <
>> > >> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Hello. Greg here with another question.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Did Shankara mention in his Gita bhashya or other advaita texts
>> about
>> > >> > Prakriti? Is Prakriti the same as Brahman or different from IT?
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Thank you.
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