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

[Sudhanshu Shekhar]

Hare Krishna Bhaskar prabhu ji.

Let us go step-by-step. Please appreciate that anAtmA is ajnAna-prasUta and
hence anAtmA cannot be ajnAna-Ashraya. Hence, pArisheshyAt, it is only AtmA
i.e. shuddha chaitanya which is ajnAna-Ashraya. [*You have not stated
anything in contradiction to this. You are quoting bhAshya statement
without rebutting this principle. This has led to erroneous understanding
of bhAshya.*]

antah-karaNa being anAtmA cannot be Ashraya of ajnAna.

However, there is pratyaksha in the form of "ajnah aham" which shows that
ahamkAra i.e. antah-karaNa is the Ashraya of ajnAna. We all have unanimous
experience in the form of अज्ञो अस्मि, अहम् अज्ञः which shows that ahamkAra
(antah-karaNa) is the ajnAna-Ashraya.

Following this pratyaksha of ajnAna, AchArya says that ajnAna is
experienced situated in antah-karaNa.विद्याविद्ययोः तद्धर्मत्वमिति चेत् , न
; प्रत्यक्षत्वात् । विवेकाविवेकौ रूपादिवत् प्रत्यक्षावुपलभ्येते
अन्तःकरणस्थौ ।

However, since antah-karaNa is ajnAna-prasUta, antah-karaNa cannot be
Ashraya of avidyA. *Period*. This is the golden rule which is logical and
which is stated in as many words in Naishkarmya Siddhi.

That is where AchArya explains the concept of adhyAsa. antah-karaNa and
ajnAna-Ashrayatva are both kalpita and adhyasta in shuddha chaitanya. Since
antah-karaNa is the avachchhedaka of shuddha chaitanya, ajnAna-Ashrayatva
appears to be delimited by antah-karaNa and hence there appears the
perception of ajnAna as antah-karaNa-stha.

That ajnAna cannot be antah-karaNa-stha is obvious on account of
antah-karaNa being anAtmA.

That is what is the meaning of AchArya's statement. If you still carry on
with antah-karaNa as the Ashraya of ajnAna, then you are violating the
golden rule propounded in NS which says ajnAna-prasUta-anAtmA cannot be
ajnAna-Ashraya.

Regards.
Sudhanshu Shekhar.

On Tue, Jan 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM 'Bhaskar YR' via advaitin <
advaitin at googlegroups.com> wrote:

> praNAms
>
> Hare Krishna
>
>
>
> JIva's karaNa, being anAtmA, cannot be Ashraya of avidyA. This is
> eighth-standard stuff explained by Naishkarmya Siddhi
>
>
>
>    - bhAshyakAra who categorically saying this perhaps might not aware of
>    eighth standard stuff 😊  vidyAvidyayOH taddharmatvamiti chet??  Na!!
>    pratyakshatvAt, vivekAvivekau rUpAdivat pratykshAvupalabhyete
>    antaHkaraNastau!!  Another kindergarten stuff from bhAshyakAra in
>    taittireeya, which bhAvarUpa avidyAvAdins hold to prove like nAma rUpa
>    avidyA to pratyaksha and has the rUpa !! :-)  day by day you are getting
>    too funny 😊  bahoot majaa aataahai aapkaa writings padneke baad 😊keep
>    it going prabhuji 😊
>
>
>
> Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
>
> bhaskar
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