[Advaita-l] [advaitin] A Post-Shankara Advaitin says 'anādi ajnāna, etc. are mithyā'

[Michael Chandra Cohen]

Namaste Sudhanshuji,
We all agree, " From the frame of reference of Brahman, this mulavidya is
horns of hare." That is not the issue. The issue is what is mulavidya to
Bhasyakara's teachings. If you think SSS ignored this 'cornerstone' you do
not know SSS. 🙏🙏🙏

On Tue, Jun 30, 2026 at 7:26 AM Sudhanshu Shekhar <sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaste.
>
>
>> There is always an implication of ‘something’ that is not Brahman with
>> the notion of mulavidya. Calling it anirvacaniya, maya or ‘not a
>> tangible substance as it avyakta (unmanifest) and sookshma (subtle),’
>> only disguises by implying there is something which is avyakta,
>> sookshma, or indefinable.
>>
>
> There is one important point - these descriptions of mulavidya are from
> the frame of reference of mulavidya.
>
> From the frame of reference of Brahman, this mulavidya is horns of hare.
>
> If this important point is appreciated by SSSS ji, which he has never
> acknowledged, he would have appreciated the beauty of descriptions of PSA.
>
> Please refer to the vartika:
>
> नाविद्याऽस्येत्यविद्यायामेवाऽऽसित्वा प्रकल्प्यते ।।
> ब्रह्मटृष्ट्या त्वविद्येयं न कथंचन युज्यते ।। १७६ ।।
>
> So, from the frame of reference of avidya, it is anirvachaniya,
> sakshi-bhasya, mithya etc.
>
> From the frame of reference of Brahman, this avidya is tuchcha, horns of
> hare etc. It is no longer sakshi-bhasya, mithya etc. It is tuchha.
>
> This fundamental cornerstone of advaita vedanta is completely ignored by
> SSSS ji.
>
> Regards.
> Sudhanshu Shekhar.
>
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