[Advaita-l] Shankara and DrishTi-SrishTi vAda

[V Subrahmanian]

In yet another place Shankara says the world of waking, that is the world
'created' by the sequence of ether, air, etc. which some consider 'Ishvara
krta' prapancha, is also mayamatram:

BSB 3.2.4:

पारमार्थिकस्तु नायं सन्ध्याश्रयः सर्गः वियदादिसर्गवत् —
इत्येतावत्प्रतिपाद्यते ; न च वियदादिसर्गस्याप्यात्यन्तिकं सत्यत्वमस्ति ;
प्रतिपादितं हि ‘तदनन्यत्वमारम्भणशब्दादिभ्यः’ (ब्र. सू. २-१-१४)
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इत्यत्र
समस्तस्य प्रपञ्चस्य मायामात्रत्वम् । प्राक् तु ब्रह्मात्मत्वदर्शनात्
वियदादिप्रपञ्चो व्यवस्थितरूपो भवति ; सन्ध्याश्रयस्तु प्रपञ्चः प्रतिदिनं
बाध्यते — इत्यतो वैशेषिकमिदं सन्ध्यस्य मायामात्रत्वमुदितम् ॥ ४ ॥

First Shankara distinguishes the waking world from the dream world and
later asserts that they are non-different. He also reiterates here, that
the waking world is 'in order' only prior to Brahman-realization.

regards
vs

On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 2:53 PM, Venkatraghavan S via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> 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
> >>
> >>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 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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