[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Re: avidyA is adhyasta (superimposed) in AtmA

[Bhaskar YR]

praNAms
Hare Krishna

However, SSSS ji is in harmony with my understanding that shuddha chaitanya is the Ashraya and vishaya of ajnAna, at least from his writing in klesha-apahAriNI. If Bhaskar ji demonstrates that SSSS ji does not accept Brahma-Ashrita-avidyA, then SSSS ji would be doing vyAghAta.


  *   That is your grand imagination without understanding the context of Sri SSS explanation here,  that too in that same context he particularly refuting the brahmAshrita mUlAvidyA, the pet theory of adhyAsOpavAdins.  As per Sri SSS and shankara :  the queries like to whom avidyA?? About which matter (Vishaya) is there avidyA etc. arise ONLY in dvaita and these queries not at all arise if one really understands the Advaita vedAnta.  As per him, many 'avivekins' raise these type of questions without understanding the profound truth of siddhAnta.  Here only Sri SSS, to satisfy these avivekins quotes shankara's sUtra bhAshya 4-1-3 where siddhAnti says : avidyA belongs to you who is asking this question.  And also bruhad bhAshya quote where siddhAnti says there is no another Chetana apart from brahman to attribute avidyA.  If you impartially without any prejudices sees these explanations of Sri SSS and shankara you have no other choice but to accept that : since avidyA is a pratyaya (mithyA pratyaya rUpa, a mental concept) it is antaHkaraNa dOsha / dharma and more importantly without bisecting this like if avidyA belongs to antaHkaraNa then what is antaHkaraNa??  Etc.  this statement should be understood based on the viewpoint of deliberation, discrimination of the day to day transactions.  Is this not shankara explained in adhyAsa bhAshya?? Is this not shankara explained in geeta bhAshya 13.2??  where he clearly said whether it is jnAnAbhAva, vipareeta grahana or saMshaya and also their cause should invariably become the dharma of a particular karaNa and NOT the dharma of the kshetrajnA??



  *   Kindly don't misrepresent Sri SSS in the zeal of propagating your / vyAkhyAnakAra-s concocted theories of avidyA.  You please stick to your pet school and don't try to drag Sri SSS into this mess.



  *   Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!



  *   bhaskar