[Advaita-l] [advaitin] BrihadAraNyaka 4.3.19 and Aitareya 1.3.12

[Ananta Chaitanya [Sarasvati]]

Namaste Sudhanshuji,

On Wed, Apr 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM Sudhanshu Shekhar via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

>
> asat-vastu-darshan is a feature of svapna which is accepted by both
> siddhAntI and the opponent. It is a संप्रतिपन्न feature.
>
> Aitareya Shruti says that both jAgrat and sushupti are also svapna.
>
> Therefore, clearly, both jAgrat and sushupti have asat-vastu-darshana.
>
> In case of sushupti, since there is merger of the entire avidyA-kArya in
> avidyA, the darshana can be only of avidyA. And thus, it satisfies
> asat-vastu-darshana.
>

This is a wonderful analysis with a very usable conclusion. Thanks.

Kind rgds,
--Ananta Chaitanya
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