[Advaita-l] Fwd: All three states of waking, etc. are only three dreams - Bhagavatam

[V Subrahmanian]

*Waking, Dream, and Deep Sleep — All Three Are Dreams (According to the
Bhāgavata)*

The *Śrīmad Bhāgavata* contains the following verses (7th Skandha, Chapter
15):


*आबाधितोऽपि ह्याभासो यथा वस्तुतया स्मृतः ।दुर्घटत्वादैन्द्रियकं
तद्वदर्थविकल्पितम् ॥ ०७.१५.०५८ ॥*

An appearance (*ābhāsa*), though unreal, is mistaken through ignorance as a
real object. Such cognition is not produced by the senses as a valid means
of knowledge (*pramāṇa*); it is merely an illusion (*vikalpitam*).


*क्षित्यादीनामिहार्थानां छाया न कतमापि हि ।न सङ्घातो विकारोऽपि न
पृथङ्नान्वितो मृषा ॥ ०७.१५.०५९ ॥*

This appearance cannot be regarded as a real transformation (*vikāra*); it
is itself a *mithyā* (dependent, unreal) entity. The body-mind complex made
of prithvi and other elements, is unreal.


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