[Advaita-l] [advaitin] One more 'samskara' employed by Shankara in the GB for avidya lesha

[Bhaskar YR]

praNAms
Hare Krishna


  *   I am really surprised our tArkika vedAnti Sri Sudhanshu prabhuji has not uttered even a single word on this avidyA lesha and continuance of jnAni’s body even after paramArtha jnAna. I would like to see his explanation in the light of his declaration that anAtma is avidyA prasUta and anAtma being jada cannot accommodate or give shelter to avidyA.  BTW, I am unable to understand on what grounds one can say one is paramArtha jnAni and at the same time he  is still having avidyA lesha (remnants of ignorance)…Even if he has tip of the hair of avidyA then he has to be considered as avidyAvanta only and not paramArtha jnAni declares bhAshyakAra.  And I don’t know since when this trend of linking avidyA with continuance of jnAni’s body due to prArabdha etc.  We have discussed about jnAni’s body etc. earlier as well without any amicable conclusion.  The examples like dighbhrAnta, arrow that already left bow its momentum etc. have already been discussed in length.  And it is also explained jnAni’s socalled body and identification of jnAni’s individual body, his activities etc. are only in the view of outsiders / ignorant ones / bystanders.  But it is time and again insisted that duality of paramArtha jnAni and his interactions with world etc. due to avidyA lesha by citing the references like below 😊
  *   All these bhAshya quotes which are emphasizing jnAni’s embodiedness ( sashareeratvaM) should be understood in the light of samanvayAdhikaraNa bhAshya since as per siddhAnta deha is mere adhyArOpita on Atman And ashareeratvaM is the svabhAva of Atman.  Here in this adhikaraNa bhAshya, pUrvapaxi asks : bodilessness can come to the paramArtha jnAni ONLY after the falling off of the body (death) and not to one who is living.  For this siddhAnti replies : no, sashareeratvaM is only on account of misconception.  Therefore embodiedness being only due to the misconception, it is to be concluded that bodilessness is the very nature of a wise one (paramArtha jnAni) even he is living!!  dehAvAn eva lakshyate, his acts like bhikshAcharya etc. is only in the view of bystanders etc. bhAshyakAra himself clarifies.  So, it is siddhAnta viruddha if one says jnAni is avidyAleshavanta 😊  BTW this does not suit at all to those who propagate the theory of bhrAnti vAda and jagat Kalpita vAda.

Here is yet another instance of Shankara employing the concept of 'samskara' (inherent tendencies) (also called 'avidyA lesha) to explain the continuance of the Jnani's body.

Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
bhaskar