[Advaita-l] Causal Body

[Jay Nelamangala]

>
> Jay - the answer has already been provided by Shankara too - saakshee is
> the same as the consciouness that I am.
>

Both Dvaita and Advaita schools use the same term sAkshee, no doubt.
Both schools accept the necessity for jnAna-prAmANya, no doubt.

The conceptions behind the term  sAkshee-A  ( sAkshee in Advaita)  and
sAkshee-D (sAkshee in Dvaita) are not quite the same.

sAkshee-A is chit.  It is eternal.  It is marked by antahkaraNa.
Therefore it reveals things that are superimposed.   Chit is akhanda.
"sarvam vastu jnAtatayA ajnAtatayA vA sAkshibhAsyam"
(Every object as known or as unknown is revealed by sAkshee-A).

sAkshee-D is sAkshee-Indriya.  The knowledge produced by manas
is apprehended by sAkshee-D.  sAkshee-D does not apprehend the bare
knowledge,  along with knowledge it also apprehends its truth.

sAkshee-A is a passive collector of both true and false knowledge
alike,  where as sAkshee-D is the final validator.
The untruth of knowledge is also recognized by sAkshee-D when there
is absence of coherence.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "kuntimaddi sadananda" <kuntimaddisada at yahoo.com>
To: "Jay Nelamangala" <jay at r-c-i.com>; <ADVAITA-L at LISTS.ADVAITA-VEDANTA.ORG>
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 11:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Causal Body


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>
> --- Jay Nelamangala <jay at r-c-i.com> wrote:
> > Dear sadAnanda and  Bhaskar-jI,
> .
> >
> > The answer is provided by Sri Madhwa  :  sAkshee.
>
>
> Jay - the answer has already been provided by Shankara too - saakshee is
> the same as the consciouness that I am.
>
> Hari OM!
> Sadananda
>
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