[Advaita-l] Gaudapada and Shankara hold the waking objects to be mithya

[Sudhanshu Shekhar]

Namaste.

The problem is - how can a completely non-existent thing appear to exist
even in the middle.

Tuchchha and mithyA are both non-existent. While the former does not even
appear to exist, the latter appears to exist.

But how can something which is non-existent in past, present and future can
even appear to exist?

Regards.


On Wed, 26 Jul, 2023, 10:51 pm V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> In the Karika: 2.6  it is stated that 'that which is nonexistent at the
> beginning and also at the end, is so even in the middle'.  They are akin to
> mithya objects but appear to be real.  In the Bhashya, Shankara adds: they
> are perceived to be existent by the ignorant, mooDha..  What are they
> ignorant of? They are ignorant of the Atma. Thus, for Gaudapada and
> Shankara the waking world is perceived and believed to be real only by
> ajnanis.   Jnanis hold it to be mithya.
>
> आदावन्ते च यन्नास्ति वर्तमानेऽपि तत्तथा ।
> वितथैः सदृशाः सन्तोऽवितथा इव लक्षिताः ॥ ६ ॥
> इतश्च वैतथ्यं जाग्रद्दृश्यानां भेदानाम् आद्यन्तयोरभावात् , यदादावन्ते च
> नास्ति वस्तु मृगतृष्णिकादि, तन्मध्येऽपि नास्तीति निश्चितं लोके ; तथेमे
> जाग्रद्दृश्या भेदाः आद्यन्तयोरभावात् वितथैरेव मृगतृष्णिकादिभिः
> सदृशत्वाद्वितथा एव ; तथापि अवितथा इव लक्षिता *मूढैरनात्मविद्भिः* ॥
>
> Om tat sat
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