[Advaita-l] Maya and Sunrise Example

[kuntimaddi sadananda]

Shree Krishnamurthy - PraNAms

There are two types of adhyaasa or errors in perception -one is mirage waters or sunrise and sunset and the other is rope/snake. Both are relevant in understanding Advaita Vedanta. For the analysis of errors in perception see analysis presented in Vedanta Paribhasha. 
Hari Om!
Sadananda

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On Sun, 2/2/14, Srirudra <srirudra at gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Maya and Sunrise Example
 To: "Suresh" <mayavaadi at yahoo.com>, "A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta" <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
 Date: Sunday, February 2, 2014, 6:00 AM
 
 Dear Sri Suresh
 I do not agree.Sunrise is true as perceived by the eyes.But
 it's cause is different.Sun is stationary but earth's
 rotation about its axis causes the phenomenon.One can not
 say there is no sunrise.Rope snake is more appropriate for
 wrong perception.R.Krishnamoorthy.
 
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 > On 25-Jan-2014, at 6:21 pm, Suresh <mayavaadi at yahoo.com>
 wrote:
 > 
 > Friends,
 > 
 > Most people explain maya using the snake-rope example
 (or silver, mirage etc.), but wouldn't the sunrise example
 be better? Rope-snake example leads to the problem: there is
 an error in perception, which is later on corrected. In
 sunrise example, there is no error in perception. According
 to perception - which is never corrected - sun rises,
 period. 
 > 
 > 
 > Point is, the event called sunrise is false, yet we
 perceive it 100 times out of 100 .... establishing that even
 if perception isn't faulty, it still gives us wrong
 knowledge. Also that if something is perceived, it doesn't
 necessarily have to be true. Sunrise (jagat) is clearly
 perceived, yet it is false. Earth's movement (Brahman) is
 not perceived, yet it is true. 
 > 
 > 
 > So wouldn't the sunrise example be better in explaining
 maya, ignorance, and all the rest? 
 > 
 > 
 > Thanks,
 > Suresh
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