[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Nirvikalpa Samadhi

[Michael Chandra Cohen]

Namaste Sudhanshuji and Bhaskarji,
In reference to suspicions there exists two distinct functions, removal of
avidya and the rising of jnana:
“The light of a lamp has the immediate result of dispelling Ignorance,
darkness and illusory notions like that of a rope-snake … which now no
longer exist.” BGbh18.67intro


Gitabh18.55”* Tatah*, then; *jñātvā*, having known; *mām*, Me, thus;
*tattvatah*, in truth; *viśate*, he enters into Me, Myself; *tadanantaram*,
immediately after that (Knowledge). Here, by saying, ‘having known, he
enters without delay’, it is not meant that the acts of ‘knowing’ and
‘entering immediately after’ are different”

"For the moment the jiva realizes the knowledge of Brahman, destruction of
the world comes to be accomplished. The manifestation or the seeing of the
rope means to have at once the knowledge of the rope and the dissolution of
the appearance of the serpent on it.(BSbh3.2.21-Date tr.)"

It says ‘Not thus, not thus’ and then says no more. Ait. Bh. Il.i.l
(introduction)

On our view, that which is not the meaning of any sentence {viz. the Self
or Absolute) is immediately apprehended as the meaning of “that” and “thou”
through the exclusion (vyavrtti) of meanings arising from the grammatical
apposition of the words etc.1 as in the case of the pot-ether and the other
ether. Naisk Siddhi 3.9

On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 7:01 AM Raghav Kumar Dwivedula via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Hare Krishna Bhaskar prabhuji
>
> On Mon, 10 Feb, 2025, 5:16 pm Bhaskar YR via Advaita-l, <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > praNAms
> > Hare Krishna
> >
> > I have been observing that whenever some controversial topics come up
> for
> > discussion, most talkative prabhuji-s would maintain very smart silence
> 😊
> > The subject topic is one of those topics and traditional understanding of
> > this topic drastically differs from that of modern day advaitins, hence
> > they talk lot about contents of JMV, VC etc.
> >
>
> Vivekachudamani is accepted as authoritative by Shankara mathas. So
> traditional Shankara Matha understanding is pretty much able to endorse VC
> without compromise of shastra pramANa. Does that make VC traditional or
> modern-day according to you?
>
> I partially agree with you however that the hype around "experiencing
> samAdhi" without subsuming it within SMN framework is not correct.
>
> But please note there is much traditional scholarship which has been able
> to accommodate the word nirvikalpa samAdhi within the SMN context. Plz see
> Chandramouliji post in your backlog.
>
> Om
> Raghav
>
> >
> > Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
> > bhaskar
> >
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