[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Brahmakara vritti refuted

[Raghav Kumar Dwivedula]

Namaste Michael
PSA understanding of nididhyAsanam is that it is pramANa vyApAra.

It's not a mere repetition of a vRtti like an upAsana or prasaMkhyAna.

The NKS reference by you is well-known as referring to the mImAmsaka idea
of using "aham brahmAsmi" as a kind of ahaMgrahopAsana or prasaMkhyAna - a
mere repetition of a vRtti not involving any pramANa operation.

As often happens,  SSS misunderstood PSA view on nididhyAsanam which is for
viparIta-bhAvanA nivRttiH ;  PSA nididhyAsanam view viz.,  "AtmasaMstham
manaH kRtvA na kincit api cintayet (gita 6th chapter)"  is for removing
obstacles to the shruti pramANa operation .

The same word nididhyAsanam is used in Brahma siddhi of Sri  Mandana Mishra
which has led to SSSS misrepresenting PSA's logical and shruti-sammata
understanding of the samyak-jnAna-vRtti and thinking that PSA is echoing
brahma siddhi.

PSA clearly asserts that the avAkyArtha (if we insist on the word) is
nothing but the lakShaNA vRttiH understanding of the mahAvAkya by
shravaNam; not by prasaMkhyAna.

If SSSS and co. insist that PSA is talking only of nididhyAsanam as
prasaMkhyAna, then they are just tilting at quixotic windmills.

Om
Raghav


On Mon, 3 Feb, 2025, 10:34 pm Michael Chandra Cohen via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste Sudhanshuji,
>
> Only Bhagavan can say why? But what does that prove? I am only intending to
> voice sastra and acharya in my comments - not proclaim an independent
> authority.  Even moksa-claiming teachers may misguide students without
> clear knowledge of sruti. How about your answer to the same question?
>
> On Mon, Feb 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM Sudhanshu Shekhar <sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com
> >
> wrote:
>
> > Fine Michael ji.
> >
> > So, has it happened in your case? I mean, you have heard the shAstra. And
> > also from a teacher. Has the avidyA been removed, or the wrong ideas been
> > negated?
> >
> > If not, then why not?
> >
> > Regards
> > Sudhanshu Shekhar.
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