[Advaita-l] धीः and चैतन्यम्

[Durga Janaswamy]

Thank you Sri Subrahmanian ji .
Regards
-- durga prasad

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> From: janaswamy2001 at hotmail.com
> To: janaswamy2001 at hotmail.com
> Subject: धीः and चैतन्यम्
> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 04:18:08 +0000
>
> V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <advaita-l at ...> writes:
>
>>
>> 2015-07-14 10:24 GMT+05:30 Durga Janaswamy via Advaita-l <
>> advaita-l <at> lists.advaita-vedanta.org>:
>>
>>> Hari Om,
>>> Namaste.
>>>
>>> कामः सङ्कल्पो विचिकित्सा श्रद्धाश्रद्धा
>>>
>> धृतिरधृतिर्ह्रीर्धीर्भीरित्येतत्सर्वं
>> मन एव    (बृहदारण्यकोपनिषद्1.5.3)
>>> These are qualities of mind.   Bhagawan Sankaracharya says धीः   as
>>>  प्रज्ञा in the bhashya.
>>>
>>> Please elaborate the word  धीः.
>>> What are the similarities and dissimilarities between  धीः  and   चैतन्यम्
>>> ?
>>>
>>
>> धीः is generally buddhi. In one place Shankara explains धीमान् as
>> बुद्धिमान्. Here is another example from  Br.up. 4.4.29 bhashyam:
>>
>> तमेव *धीरो* विज्ञाय प्रज्ञां
>> कुर्वीत ब्राह्मणः ।
>> नानुध्यायाद्बहूञ्छब्दान्वाचो
>> विग्लापनं हि तदिति ॥ २१ ॥
>> भाष्यम्
>> तम् ईदृशमात्मानमेव, *धीरः धीमान्*
>> विज्ञाय उपदेशतः शास्त्रतश्च,
>>
>> चैतन्यम् is Pure Consciousness.  धीः can be differentiated from the earlier
>> word as chaitanyam with some object, that is, vṛtti jnānam.
>>
>> Here is another example to appreciate  the word 'dhīḥ, from the Panchadashi
>> 8.1:
>>
>> खादित्यदीपिते कुड्ये
>> दर्पणादित्यदीप्तिवत् ।
>>  कूटस्थभासितो देहो *धीस्थजीवेन*
>> भास्यते ॥ १॥
>>
>> 1. Just as a wall illumined by the rays of the sun is more illumined when
>> the light of the sun reflected in a mirror falls on it, so the body
>> illumined by Kutastha is more illumined *by the light of Kutastha reflected
>> in the intellect (Chidabhasa).*
>>
>> Here 'dhīḥ' means 'mind/manas/buddhi. The chaitanyam reflected in the
>> buddhi (dhīḥ) is called chidābhāsa, jīva.
>>
>> regards
>> vs
>>
>>>
>>> Is there any tool where I can convert the Devanagari script into
>>> English script (not translation)?
>>>
>>> Thank you and regards
>>> -- durga prasad
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