[Advaita-l] Shankara and DrishTi-SrishTi vAda

[Ravi Kiran]

Namaste Sri Venkatraghavan

Pl see below clarification:

>> That which is perceivable cannot not exist.

> I think they are well aware of vyavahAra sattA.
>


is it that the vyavahAra sattA is the only reality they are aware, as they
are not introduced to paramArthika sattA



Their contention is precisely because Shankara makes a distinction between
> vyAvahArika sattA of the waking state and prAtibhAsika sattA of the dream
> state,
> he rejects drishTi-srishTi,


 Could not relate to this in BS 2.2.28 bhAshya nor from the perspective
shared by you in the paper below ..

This point is based on any other reference ?

>  which holds that there is no distinction between vyAvahArika and
> prAtibhAsika from the standpoint of Ultimate Reality.
>
> In quoting Shankara though, what is missed is that when he appears to make
> a distinction from the two, he does so from vyavahAra drishti, not
> paramArtha.
>


Right, if paramArtham is accepted, there is no room to refute DSV or SDV ..



> That he holds the two to be of the same level of reality becomes apparent
> when we read kArika bhAshyam.
>

Ok


Thanks

> Regards,
> Venkatraghavan
> On 5 May 2016 3:59 a.m., "Ravi Kiran" <ravikiranm108 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> > Presumably, the train of logic is as follows: , the natural inclination
>> is....
>>
>> It seems that those following such logic are ignorant of the paramArthika
>> satta vs vyavahArika satta discussed in prasthAna traya by bhAshyakAra ..
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 11:25 PM, Venkatraghavan S via Advaita-l <
>> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I was asked about the apparent refutation of DrishTi-SrishTi vAda in
>>> ShankarAchArya's prasthAna traya bhAshya. Please find below a link to a
>>> paper that discusses this.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.mediafire.com/download/4q9e6s9a99k9rye/Shankaracharya_and_Drishti_Srishti_Vada_4-May-2016.pdf
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Venkatraghavan
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