[Advaita-l] Imagined Nature of Root Ignorance in Vivaranam

[Venkata sriram P]

Namaste Anandji,
 
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There are shruti statements, such as the nAsadIya sUkta (tama AsIt), which point out the existence of this causal avidyA in the beginning of Creation.
 
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The 13th sloka of kaivalya Upanishad also reiterates similarly as:
 
sushuptikAlE sakalE vileenE tamObhibhUtaH sukhaswarUpamEti
punascha janmAntarakarmayOgAtsa Eva jIvaH svapiti prabuddhaH
 
regs,
Sriram