[Advaita-l] [advaitin] request for PTB support for DSV and EJV

[V Subrahmanian]

On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 1:35 PM Michael Chandra Cohen <
michaelchandra108 at gmail.com> wrote:

> namaste all, thanks for the helpful responses. A response just concerning
> mandukya from a post elsewhere
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Dear Michael ji,

// **In short:** Gauḍapāda establishes *non-objectivity*, not *perceptual
production*.//

Can we interpret this as 'non-objectivity' is the other way of saying
'subjectivity'?  For, as we have discussed before, in the Bh.Gita 2.16
bhashya, at the end, Shankara summarizes the message to Arjuna thus:

You too, on the lines of the Knowers, look upon the transformations, as
'that which does not exist, appears to exist' and practice forbearance.

Here Shankara says this is the way the Jnanis view the world. In fact the
literal meaning of the verse 2.16 itself is this. In an earlier verse it
was said: the dualities like heat, cold, etc. *are ephemeral, not permanent
and on this basis, forbear them. *

In 2.16 there is a shift to an even higher level: forbear them since *they
don't even exist* (but thought to be existent by the un-enquiring person).

warm regards
subbu


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