[Advaita-l] Question about Avaccheda vada

H S Chandramouli hschandramouli at gmail.com
Fri Feb 9 06:45:45 EST 2018


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> Namaste.
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>  Reg  << Ishwara is free from dehadi bhava and hence it follows that
> there is no limiting adjunct. >>,
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> The portion starting with “hence”  is not  what is intended.  What is
> intended is just that Iswara is not controlled by avidya. On the other
> hand, he is the Controller of avidya.
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> A brief review would perhaps be useful though it might appear to be like
> carrying coal to New Castle. My apologies for the same.
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> In my understanding, avidya and  mAyA are one and the same entity. It is
> a vastu and not just power or shakti as used in common parlance.  Also it
> is a mithya vastu.  It is triguNAtmika and  madeup of parts. Every
> smallest part of it includes all the three elements viz jnAna/kriya/Ichha
> (satva/rajas/tamas) but in different proportions.  In the case of Iswara,
> satva predominates and controls the rajas/tamas parts. If rajas/tamas parts
> were to be completely absent, Iswara can neither Create nor Will
> (Ichha/sankalpa) to Create. Since satva predominates, Consciousness is not
> concealed (AvaraNa is absent)  from Iswara and  hence He is a sarvajna,
> sarvashakta, satya sankalpa etc. Thus Iswara is said to be endowed with the
> power of mAyA which in common parlance emphasizes the ability to Create and
> control.
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> In the case of a jIva, tamas predominates over satva/rajas parts and is
> the Controller. It conceals (AvaraNa) Consciousness from the jIva and he is
> led to believe that he is the doer/enjoyer etc which is the root cause of
> samsAra. Thus he is said to be endowed with avidya which in common parlance
> emphasizes ignorance.
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> am not sure if with this understanding your questions are automatically
> answered. You may please review and confirm.
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>  Regards
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