[Advaita-l] Fwd: Why only jagat is mithya and jeeva is brahman !!??
H S Chandramouli
hschandramouli at gmail.com
Sat Mar 19 03:58:42 CDT 2016
This again appears to have gone to Sri Praveen Ji only. Again an oversight.
Regret the error.
Regards
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From: H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Why only jagat is mithya and jeeva is brahman !!??
To: "Praveen R. Bhat" <bhatpraveen at gmail.com>
The first alternative is as per आभास वाद (AbhAsa vAda) while the second
one is as per अवछ्छेद वाद (avaChCheda vAda)
Regards
On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 11:24 AM, H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com
> wrote:
> Namaste Sri Praveen Ji,
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> Reg your observation << However, that is the fact when Bhagavatpada
> says, जीवो ब्रह्मैव नापरः. To put it in other words, it is what is called
> as ऐक्यसामानाधिकरण्यम्, which means that individual is really
> non-different from brahman, while जगत् and ब्रह्म are in
> बाधसामानाधिकरण्यम्, which means that world is really not there, only
> Brahman is there.>>, ,
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> जीवो ब्रह्मैव नापरः( jIvo brahmaiva nAparaH) is also explained in terms
> of बाधसामानाधिकरण्यम् ( bAdhasAmAnAdhikaraNyam). In the school of thought
> which includes कूटस्थ (kUTastha), चिदाभास (chidAbhAsa) and mind as
> components of जीव (jIva), and considers चिदाभास (chidAbhAsa) as the
> understanding of जीव prior to ज्ञानम् (j~nAnam), बाध (negation) of the
> understanding that चिदाभास is different from Brahman leads to the
> understanding जीवो ब्रह्मैव नापरः.
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> In that school of thought which considers कूटस्थ (kUTastha) as जीव,
> ज्ञानम् refers to cognition ( or recognition ) of कूटस्थ as nondifferent
> from Brahman, which is ऐक्यसामानाधिकरण्यम् (aikyasAmAnAdhikaraNyam) or
> मुख्यसामानाधिकरण्यम् (mukhyasAmAnAdhikaraNyam.).
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> (As far as possible I have also given the English transliteration for the
> Sanskrit words as in one of the posts a member had specifically requested
> for such rendering for the benefit of members not familiar with Sanskrit
> notations).
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> Regards
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