[Advaita-l] akhanDaakara-vRtti‏

[Ravi Kiran]

namaste

Agree with the explanation below, with slight difference..

On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 2:14 PM, Venkatraghavan S via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> PraNAms Bhaskarji,
> The question was if it is possible to cognize an object without its
> attributes.
>
> The answer in certain cases, like "soyam devadatta", you can.


Yes


> Please
> consider the sentence soyam devadatta, leaving all notions of whatever or
> whoever devadatta is.
>
> What does that sentence, taken in isolation, convey? Do we know, just by
> that sentence, if devadatta is a man, a woman, a dog, an alien? We don't.
>

In this example, isn't the person having direct perception of devadutta,
makes this statement,  "soyam devadatta" ?
( indicating that he is the same "devadutta" that he knew from years
before, though he has grown old, put on weight etc )

If he had not know devadatta before, how can he say that, he is the same as
the one I see now ?


> The sentence simply conveys that there is an object called devadatta, which
> is commonly referred to by the sa: and ayam padAs.
>
> Because we don't know the attributes of devadatta, can we say that no
> knowledge whatsoever is produced by the sentence?
>
> We cannot, because that sentence produces knowledge that there is such a
> common object referred to by sa: and ayam,


Yes


> we just dont know what exactly
> he/she/it is.
>

We do exactly know as him..


>
> The knowledge produced here is nishprakAraka.
>

yes


>
> I know you didn't address me, but I thought the explanation could be of
> some use in your enquiry. If not, please accept my apologies and excuse my
> intrusion.
>
> Regards,
> Venkatraghavan
> On 8 Jul 2015 09:29, "Bhaskar YR via Advaita-l" <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > praNAms Sri Keshava Prasad prabhuji
> > Hare Krishna
> >
> > You wrote :
> >
> > > Just take it as if a vRttiH dispels ignorance of a pot, etc. but
> > > doesn't objectify it's adjectives, it is niShprakArikA.
> > > prakAra means adjectives. The vRtti which illuminates base, it's
> > > qualities and their relation;  is saprakArikA.
> >
> > My fundamental question here is can our senses cognize an object as
> object
> > without any attributes of that object??  What exactly does it mean
> > nishprakArika vrutti??  When I see a pot, I would get the 'pot' vrutti,
> how
> > can this 'pot' jnAna would arise in mind without any attributes of that
> > 'pot'??  Don’t you think the term 'pot' itself is an attribute (nAma
> > rUpAtmaka vishesha) of the clay??  Is there anything that can be called
> an
> > 'object' without recognizing / perceiving its attributes / vishesha-s?
> > Don’t you think it is as good as saying:  I have the
> > nishprakArika(attributeless) jnAna of 'necklace', when the 'necklace'
> > itself is vishesha / attribute / nAma rUpa of the 'gold' ??
> >
> > And in dAshtrAntika, can we say this nishprakArika vrutti itself is
> brahma
> > jnAna that is attributeless jnAna of brahman?? Since brahman is
> ultimately
> > in its svarUpa nirguNa, nirvishesha, nirvikAra !!
> >
> > Sorry to say that I am getting stuck in the basic level itself.
> >
> > Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
> > bhaskar
> >
> >
> >
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