[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Eka-sattA-vAda vis-a-vis sattA-traividhya-vAda

[V Subrahmanian]

An article on 'BhAva rUpa ajnana' is available here:

https://adbhutam.wordpress.com/2010/03/20/bhaavaroopa-ajnanaavidya/

regards
subbu

On Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 9:39 AM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Regarding the three types of SattA (existence) the most authentic material
> is the Taittiriyopanishad passage 'satyam cha anRtam cha satyam abhavat'
> and Shankara's extremely elaborate bhashya and Sureshwara's vartika on it.
> A study of the same is available here:
>
> https://adbhutam.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/paramarthika-vyavaharika-satyam/
>
> Another key source for this is the Bhashya on the Bh.Gita 2.16.  The verse
> itself is on the topic of Existence.  Shankara expatiates on this and
> presents two/three types of existences, with analogies.
>
> The SandhyAdhikaraNa bhashya too has material to read on this topic.  At
> the end Shankara says:  The dream world is sublated upon waking. But the
> waking world of space, etc. is also sublated upon the True awakening: the
> Vedantic realization.  Thus, Shankara accepts a seeming reality to the
> waking world.  This is what is known as sad-asad-vilakshana also known as
> anirvachaniya. * The problem with anirvachaniya, bhAva rUpa, arises when
> one mistakes the 'bhAva rUpa' as the same as Existence of Brahman.  This
> fundamental mistake alone is at the base of objection to bhAva rUpa
> (ajnAna). *
>
> warm regards
> subbu
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 7:39 AM Sudhanshu Shekhar <
> sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hari Om,
>>
>> What are the main points of distinction between Eka-sattA-vAda and
>> sattA-traividhya-vAda?
>>
>> Also, kindly suggest some reading material on this issue.
>>
>> Regards.
>> Sudhanshu Shekhar.
>>
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