[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Why only jagat is mithya and jeeva is brahman !!??

V Subrahmanian v.subrahmanian at gmail.com
Thu Apr 28 00:39:25 CDT 2016


Atmaikatva is impossible to arrive at without applying the neti neti
process which is the other way of saying the jagat is mithya. Shankara's
commentary to the last verse of the BG 13th ch. gives both these in one
shot. The word 'abhaava gamanam' there to show the mithyatva of the
kshetram is noteworthy. There are other sentences from the bhashya to show
that the jnani has mithya bheda darshanam.
On Apr 28, 2016 10:31 AM, "Praveen R. Bhat via Advaita-l" <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste all,
>
> For the benefit of neutral readers of this thread and some who are/were
> participating, let me clarify that there are no jagat mithyAvAdins in this
> discussion, lest anyone thinks that the statement made may be true! :) That
> may seem a very convenient usage for some but it is technically completely
> incorrect. vAda asya asti iti vAdI is a fine vyutpatti of the word, however
> the word vAda is usually used in the tradition only to show tAtparya/
> commitment of the pakSha. As I explained earlier too, the tAtparya of those
> supporting the view that jagat is mithyA, including Shankaracharya who
> authored the ardhashloka, is only jIvabrahmaikya. It may also seem
> convenient to call oneself AtmaikatvavAdins in contrast, as if the other
> party is not! If one takes an unbiased stance, one would call oneself
> jagatsatyavAdin in the same breath that the other is called
> jagatmithyAvAdin, both being equally wrong tags! :)
>
> praNAm,
> --brahmavAdin :)
> /* Through what should one know That owing to which all this is known!
> [Br.Up. 4.5.15] */
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