[Advaita-l] Fwd: Difficulty with Akhandakara Vrtti

[H S Chandramouli]

Sri Durga Janaswamy asked the question


 << In drustanta (द्रष्टांत), the tenth man realizes that  "I am the
tenth".    In draastanta (द्राष्टांत), do I realize that I am Brahman? >> .


 That is just what does not happen. In the Drishtanta knowledge pertains to
an inert object whereas in the Dashtranta the “ knowledge “ pertains to a
Self Evident ( Svaprakasha ) “ object “. There is no knowledge of the
nature “ I realize I am Brahman “ . The erroneous knowledge that “ I “ am a
distinct entity , different from Chaitanyam/Brahman?Atman , entertained so
far is destroyed . This is “ ajnana naasha “ . That is what happens. Once
that notion is destroyed , there is nothing like “ I realize that I am
Brahman “ which implies that there is a distinct “ I “ to “ realize “
something. What remains is just “ Brahman “ which is Self Evident .


 Best I could do to explain the “ indescribable “ .


 Regards

On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 11:42 PM, Durga Janaswamy via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> In drustanta (द्रष्टांत), the tenth man realizes that  "I am the tenth".
>  In draastanta (द्राष्टांत), do I realize that I am Brahman?
> If not, how the realization happens in this context?
>
>
> Thank you and regards
> -- durga prasad
>
>
>
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> > Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 20:19:48 +0530
> > To: advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org
> > Subject: [Advaita-l] Fwd: Difficulty with Akhandakara Vrtti
> > From: advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org
> >
> > In the laukika example, "This is that Devadatta", the recognition of
> > devadatta, once it has occurred, there is no "abiding" (constant) feeling
> > "this is that devadatta", just as the man who is told "you are the
> tenth",
> > will not continue to "realize" that he is the tenth person, after he has
> > realized just once, with the help of a passer-by (pramANa). After his
> > earlier agony of missing a person is destroyed by the realization, "I am
> > the tenth", the "realization" that he is the tenth also becomes
> irrelevant.
> > Why? There was no missing person, to begin with, and so the statement
> "you
> > are the tenth" was not really required! I think this is what the Swamiji
> is
> > alluding to when he says the BrahmajnAna from the upanishad pramANa is a
> > vRtti jnAna, as opposed to a svarUpajnAna. The brahmajnAna is only
> required
> > to put an end to avidyA, and not beyond that.
> >
> > Anand
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