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

[Jaishankar Narayanan]

On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 11:38 AM Sudhanshu Shekhar <sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaste Bhaskar ji.
>


> You said - avidyA is only a "mental mixing up" of real and unreal. So,
> avidyA would require mind for its very conception. It is a mental mixing
> up. So, mind is a requirement for avidyA. Right? That means mind cannot be
> ajnAna-prasUta and hence cannot be anAtmA.
>
> So, your understanding that avidyA is "mental mixing up" is downright
> wrong being illogical.
>
>
Sureshvara in NS 3.60 introduction -

एवं तावत् अविद्योंत्थस्य अन्तःकरणस्य बाह्यविषयनिमित्तरूपावच्छेदाय
अहंवृत्तिः व्याप्रियते
evaṃ tāvat avidyoṃtthasya antaḥkaraṇasya bāhyaviṣayanimittarūpāvacchedāya
ahaṃvṛttiḥ vyāpriyate

Mind is a product of ignorance is clearly stated by Sureashvaracharya here.

with love and prayers,
Jaishankar