[Advaita-l] Shankara and DrishTi-SrishTi vAda - eka jeeva vaada

[V Subrahmanian]

On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 2:04 PM, H S Chandramouli via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Dear Sri Anand Ji,
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> My doubt is based on the following. Sri  PrakAshAnanda in his
> sidhAntamuktAvali begins with the following statement
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> << Having first gained through Veda a true intuition of that Self, which
> has no second self and which is bliss and light and is imperishable, we
> next expound the method of reasoning in regard to that self….I >>.
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> He follows it up with the following commentary.
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> << The grammatical construction is as follows : Having gained through
> Veda an intuition of the Self with its four above mentioned charecteristics,
> reasoning, ie. Ratiocination which is confirmatory of Veda, is now
> expounded in regard to it, tatra , ie. the Self as characterized in the
> aforesaid manner.  >>.
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Dear Sri Chandramouli ji,

To get a first hand experience of how your above objection/doubt applies
happily to Shankaracharya too, pl. read the first few sentences of His
introduction to the Mandukya Karika 3rd Chapter.

regards
vs

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> Thus the emphasis is purely on reasoning ( logic ) only. This is clear from
> the presentation of the issue in the work itself. It is highly polemical in
> character and almost solely concerned with refuting various objections (
> assumed ) raised by the opponents on a logical basis. It does not flow
> freely from the shrutis , but only quotes relevant vAkyAs from the shrutis
> in support of its arguments.
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> I would be obliged for a response.
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> Regards
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