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

[Sudhanshu Shekhar]

Namaste Bhaskar ji.

 If you have enough patience and if you don’t have the habit of enjoying
> your questions without wanting any answers or in want of expected answer,
> then you will find the answers to all your three questions in what I have
> written.
>

I just wanted precision in answers. Not an issue of "enjoying my
questions". These are central issues. We should have clarity on whether
antah-karaNa is anAtmA! Whether anAtmA is ajnAna-prasUta!! Whether anAtmA
can be ajnAna-Ashraya!!

Pin-pointed questions force us to crystallize our understanding.

By the way what is anAtma,
>

Anything which is vishaya of idam-pratyaya is anAmtmA.


> how Kalpita adhyArOpita / adhyasta avidyA which does not have any
> existence on its own can give birth to anAtma??
>

Just as kalpita mirage-water gives rise to kapita-waves in that water. Or
the kalpita-snake gives rise to kalpita-hissing. anAtmA and ajnAna are both
non-existent appearances. Hence, they can have mutual kArya-kAraNa-bhAva.
Not to mention that this kArya-kAraNa-bhAva is equally adhyasta and
adhyArOpita.

Please note two horns of hare cannot have mutual kArya-kAraNa-bhAva. Two
sat vastu (which is impossibility) cannot have kArya-kAraNa-bhAva. So, it
is only two mithyA, sat-asat-vilakshaNa vastu which can logically have
kArya-kAraNa-bhAva.

How nitya Shuddha buddha mukta nirvishesha brahman can have the avidyA
> within himself and gives the Ashraya to avidyA again that which is not
> existing in reality??
>

While it is true that from Its own frame of reference, Brahman can not have
ajnAna-Ashrayatva; however, from the frame of reference of avidyA, there is
no incongruity in postulating an adhyasta ajnAna-Ashrayatva in Brahman.
When the entire world is adhyasta in Brahman, what logical problem can be
postulated in positing ajnAna-Ashrayatva. It is a mithyA dharma.


>   Don’t you get these parallel questions when you are sticking to your own
> peculiar style of simply asking questions without understanding what has
> been written about your questions!!??
>

I do get these questions and many many more. And all of them have been
investigated.

I understand your reply clearly Bhaskar ji. But they are mixed up and vague
and are shy of clearly articulating the answer. That is why, I pin-point
again.

These are vital questions and cannot be brushed aside. They form the
bed-rock of prakriyA. So, I will insist that you answer clearly. I repeat
the question:

1. Is antah-karaNa anAtma?

2. Is anAtmA ajnAna-prasUta?

3. Can anAtmA be ajnAna-Ashraya?

Regards.
Sudhanshu Shekhar.