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

[Bhaskar YR]

  *    In the subsequent step we will understand that every perceivable object of the transactional world which you termed as anAtma is only brahman in their intrinsic nature.

What does it mean Bhaskar ji?


Ø      It means satyanchaanrutaM cha satyamabhavat, yadidaM kiMcha…seeing the shruti siddhAnta mruttiketyeva satyaM.

When we say anAtmA is Brahman, then it has been explained in all VedAnta texts to mean bAdha-sAmAnAdhikaraNya. It like स्थाणुरयं पुरुषः. It means that - there is no ghost, there is only post.


Ø     No ghost, no post, so misconception it is the bhUma drushti sarvaM khalvidaM brahma.

So, when Shruti tells "anAtmA is Brahman" or "sarvam is Brahman", then it is the bAdha-sAmAnAdhikaraNya which is applied in VedAnta. It simply means -- anAtmA is non-existent, only Brahman is.


Ø     Yes it is only brahman there is nothing that can be called as anAtma, infact bhAshyakAra clarifies this in chAndOgya.

I think you have clay-pot analogy in the mind. And as clay is the "essence" of pot, you think Brahman is the essence of anAtmA. However, that is not the case. That is not possible because activity is needed for clay to appear as pot. Singular inactive Brahman cannot appear as anAtmA.


Ø     Mrudghata is not my example it is given by shruti and clarifies mruttiketyeva satyaM in the kArya-kAraNa prakriya…So here in this analogy mrut sAmAnya is not jada as you are implying here.  And that activity is prompted by jeeva’s pUrvakruta avidyA kAma karma.  See sUtra bhAshya.

That is why VedAnta teaches bAdha-sAmAnAdhikaraNya.

So, while in the first step, we do the Atma-anAtma-viveka, in the second step, the very anAtmA is treated as mithyA.


  *   Yes, what is there within Atma is not anAtma what we think outside of the Atman is mithyA.  Jagat is NOT outside of Atman.
  *   It is time to shut-down my office laptop, see you on Monday if my official time permits.  Till then Hari Bol, may the Almighty give us the jnAna, bhakti, viveka, let us all pray Sri VaikuTa nArAyaNa on this auspicious day of vaikunTa ekAdashi.


Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
Bhaskar