[Advaita-l] Shankara and DrishTi-SrishTi vAda

[Venkatraghavan S]

Thank you Sri Ravi Kiran.
On 6 May 2016 7:10 p.m., "Ravi Kiran" <ravikiranm108 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Namaste Sri Venkatraghavan
>
>
> The point is that the waking state cannot be held to be any more real than
>> the dream state.
>>
>
> Here is an additional reference from Brih Upa bhAshya 2.1.18, supporting
> this stance, which may be of interest..
>
>
> तस्मात् स्वप्ने मृषाध्यारोपिता एव आत्मभूतत्वेन लोका अविद्यमाना एव सन्तः ;
> तथा जागरितेऽपि — इति प्रत्येतव्यम् । तस्मात् विशुद्धः अक्रियाकारकफलात्मको
> विज्ञानमय इत्येतत्सिद्धम् । यस्मात् दृश्यन्ते द्रष्टुर्विषयभूताः
> क्रियाकारकफलात्मकाः कार्यकरणलक्षणा लोकाः, तथा स्वप्नेऽपि, तस्मात् अन्योऽसौ
> दृश्येभ्यः स्वप्नजागरितलोकेभ्यो द्रष्टा विज्ञानमयो विशुद्धः ॥
>
>  Therefore in dreams, worlds that never exist are falsely superimposed as
> being a part of the self. *One must know the worlds experienced in the
> waking state also to be such.* Hence it goes without saying that the self
> is pure, and is never connected with action, its factors and its results.
> Since in both waking and dream states we observe that the gross and subtle
> worlds consisting of action, its.factors and its results are but objects
> for the seer, therefore that seer, the self, is different from its objects,
> the worlds perceived in those states, and is pure. [ Translation from Sw
> Madhavananda]
>
>
>
>> Regards,
>> Venkatraghavan
>>
>>
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>>>>>
>>>>> 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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