[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Re: Does the mukta/jnani see the world?

[Sudhanshu Shekhar]

Namaste V Subramanian ji.

Nice references.

In fact BhAgavAta PurANa 6.16.53-54 takes the example of dream within dream
and avers complete identity of waking, dream and deep sleep.

Regards.

On Fri, 22 Dec 2023, 14:52 V Subrahmanian, <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sri Vidyaranya in his Anubhutiprakasha, on Aitareya Upanishad, says:
>
> स्वप्नः स्वकाल एवास्ति नान्यदा सुप्तिजागरौं ।
> तथैवेति स्वप्नसाम्यात् त्रयः स्वप्ना उदीरिताः || 17
>
> Dream is present only during its existence; not during sleep and waking.
> In the same way, being of the nature of dream, all the three states are
> stated by the Upanishad as three dreams.
>
> स्थूलसूक्ष्मबीजप्रपञ्चाः त्रयः स्वप्नाः - The gross, subtle and causal
> worlds are three dreams - explains Upanishad Brahma Yogin for the Aitareya
> mantra.
>
> Also since there is ignorance about the Truth, which persists in all three
> states, the svapnatvam of all three are admissible. We get this reasoning
> from the Mandukya Karika:
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> अनादिमायया सुप्तो यदा जीवः प्रबुध्यते ।
> अजमनिद्रमस्वप्नमद्वैतं बुध्यते तदा ॥ १६ ॥
>
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