[Advaita-l] Shankara and DrishTi-SrishTi vAda

[Venkatraghavan S]

 Namaste Sri Ravi Kiran,


> is it that the vyavahAra sattA is the only reality they are aware, as they
> are not introduced to paramArthika sattA
>
 No, they consider 3 levels of reality (paramArthika, vyAvahArika,
prAtibhAsika) - and hence consider DSV as untenable.

>
> 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 ?
>

This is what Martha Doherty says in her paper whose reference was provided:

"PrakAsAnanda (1550– 1600), an Advaita AcArya, propounds this view
predominantly, and other AcAryas advance it on occasion when the context is
purely paramArthika. Indeed, from the paramArthika standpoint, there is
no avidya  at all. Such a view, however, does not account for the empirical
reality (vyavaharika-satta ), which is why Sankara argues against it, and
in favor of a view that does (srsti-drsti).  Sankara holds that the world
is not a creation of the observer (drsti-srsti), but rather, is seen
because it is there (srsti-drsti)."
The point is that the waking state cannot be held to be any more real than
the dream state.

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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