[Advaita-l] What is the difference between Maya and avidhya ?T

[Ravi Kiran]

On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 5:22 PM, Bhaskar YR <bhaskar.yr at in.abb.com> wrote:

> praNAms
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> Hare Krishna
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> As per the clarification from VenkatraghavanJi, mUlAvidyA is seen as jnAna
> virOdhi and hence destroyed with Atma jnAna uttpatti ..
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> Ø   Yes, this is what I too said, since mUlAvidyA is jnana virOdhi like
> other avidyA lakshaNa-s, it would go after tattva jnana.
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> So, it cannot linger anymore as bhavarUpain Brahman after jnAna prApti.
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> Ø     Yes, that would be the ideal case.  But as long as jnAni is
> embodied he will be having avidyA lesha though he is Jeevan mukta only
> after videha mukti he would attain atyantika Atmaikatva jnana.
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Yes, if jnAni is accepted as having avidyA lesha ( prArabdha..), what about
one's tattva jnAna,  so attained ?

Is it atyantika avidyA nivrutti or is there any more lingering beeja (being
a padartha) ?

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> which is present even in sushupti (not as jnAnAbhAva) and it is NOT an
> antaHkaraNa dOsha-s like jnAnAbhAva, saMshaya and anyathAgrahaNa.  It is
> avidyA beeja Shakti which is existed in brahman.
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> It means, this mUlAvidya is bhavarUpa (*anirvachanIyA)* in Brahman,
> though Brahman is *ekam eva* advitIyam.
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> Yes, that is what they will say to drive home the point that for the
> srushta this ‘avidyA’ is the preraka Shakti in brahman.
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> Pure Existence ( sad eva) also means possible presence of  bhavarUpa
> mUlAvidya?  If it is accepted as a padArtha, it cannot be a jnAna virOdhi
> as jnAna is vastu tantra alone..
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> Ø     Perhaps you might not aware of this vyAkhyAna.  But let me stop
> here prabhuji.  This topic had come for some vigorous/bitter discussion
> earlier in this group and due to which I had lost satsangha of somany good
> prabhuji-s.  Hence donot want to re-kindle this issue with a fresh debate.
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Yes, neither do I want to lose precious satsangha here.. Let me rest my
questions here ..


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>  Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
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> bhaskar
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praNAms