[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Dr. Hegde: Key differences: SSS & PSA -- a fresh voice

[Michael Chandra Cohen]

Please remind me the issue

On Tue, Jun 30, 2026 at 7:21 AM H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaste Michael Ji,
>
> Since you posted such a detailed post, although authored by Dr Hegde, I
> felt I may get a satisfactory authoritative response for my query. You may
> recollect our recent brief discussion concerning the choice of  definition
> of adhyAsa by Sri SSS. Then also there was no satisfactory authoritative
> answer to my basic question. This time round, I was hoping  you may refer
> the question to the author of the article posted by you and get an answer
> from her at least since apparently she has undertaken a detailed study of
> his works. Anyway Hope to get the answers sometime in the near future.
>
> Regards
>
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2026 at 3:51 PM Michael Chandra Cohen <
> michaelchandra108 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Namaste ChandramoulI haven't checked the reference but I imagine those
>> terms need to be taken figuratively. It is clear relationship implies
>> duality. Perhaps it is speaking from vyavaharika. 🙏🙏🙏
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 29, 2026 at 9:21 AM H S Chandramouli <
>> hschandramouli at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Namaste.
>>>
>>> Reg  //  we try to connect these due to non-comprehension that leads to
>>> misapprehension //,
>>>
>>> Do not the terms **connect** and ** leads to ** imply relationship /
>>> sambandha?
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 29, 2026 at 6:43 PM Raja Krishnamurti <
>>> rajakrishnamurti at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Absolutely no relationship. Avidya is absence of true knowledge. That
>>>> doesn’t mean it has any relationship with Reality. The connection we try to
>>>> establish does not exist and we try to connect these due to
>>>> non-comprehension that leads to misapprehension.
>>>>
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>>>> On Monday, June 29, 2026, 6:06 AM, H S Chandramouli via Advaita-l <
>>>> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
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>>>> On Mon, Jun 29, 2026 at 6:33 PM H S Chandramouli <
>>>> hschandramouli at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Namaste.
>>>> >
>>>> > Reg  //  SSS refers to *avidyā* as the 'primary superimposition'
>>>> > (*mūlādhyāropa*). It is the first and most fundamental teaching
>>>> device,
>>>> > defined as the mutual superimposition of the Self and the non-Self //,
>>>> >
>>>> > Does this not involve or imply a relationship between the Self and the
>>>> > non-Self ?. What is its status then, ontological and epistemolgical.
>>>> >
>>>> > Regards
>>>> >
>>>> >
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