[Advaita-l] is this jagat mithyA ?? Sri SSS

[V Subrahmanian]

On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 6:14 AM, sreenivasa murthy <narayana145 at yahoo.co.in>
wrote:

>
>
> ------------------------------
> Dear Sri Subramanian,
> You write : " To someone who is aware of these bhāṣya instances, Sri SSS's
> conclusion -* the world, as Brahman, is satya alone* - is squarely not
> agreeable."
>    Mundaka Sruti says :* brahmaivEdaM viSvaM variShTham* ||
> Chandogya Sruti says : ahamEvEdagM sarvam|| , AtmaivEdaGm sarvam || and
> AtmatOidagM sarvam ||
> Do you with these statements? In  what way HH Swamiji's statement is
> different from the Sruti mantras?
> Kindly enlighten me.
>

I have already explained. The equation world = Brahman is only 'the unreal
world is not any other than its substratum'. Shankara's explanation in BGB
4.24 also I have stated. Even in the first mantra you have cited, Shankara
never fails to explicitly say that the world is unreal, an appearance, and
Brahman, one, alone (not the world) is the pāramārthika satya:

ब्रह्मैवेदममृतं पुरस्ताद्ब्रह्म पश्चाद्ब्रह्म दक्षिणतश्चोत्तरेण ।
अधश्चोर्ध्वं च प्रसृतं ब्रह्मैवेदं विश्वमिदं वरिष्ठम् ॥ १२ ॥
भाष्यम्
<http://advaitasharada.sringeri.net/display/bhashya/Mundaka?page=2&id=MD_C02_S02_V12&hlBhashya=%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D#bhashya-MD_C02_S02_V12>
यत्तज्ज्योतिषां ज्योतिर्ब्रह्म, तदेव सत्यम् ; सर्वं तद्विकारः वाचारम्भणं
विकारो नामधेयमात्र*मनृतमितरदि*त्येतमर्थं विस्तरेण हेतुतः प्रतिपादितं
निगमनस्थानीयेन मन्त्रेण पुनरुपसंहरति — ब्रह्मैव उक्तलक्षणम् , इदं यत्
पुरस्तात् अग्रेऽब्रह्मेवाविद्यादृष्टीनां प्रत्यवभासमानं तथा पश्चाद्ब्रह्म
तथा दक्षिणतश्च तथा उत्तरेण तथैवाधस्तात् ऊर्ध्वं च सर्वतोऽन्यदिव कार्याकारेण
प्रसृतं प्रगतं नामरूपवदवभासमानम् । किं बहुना, ब्रह्मैवेदं विश्वं समस्तमिदं
जगत् वरिष्ठं वरतमम् । अब्रह्मप्रत्ययः सर्वोऽविद्यामात्रो रज्ज्वामिव
सर्पप्रत्ययः । *ब्रह्मैवैकं परमार्थसत्यमिति वेदानुशासनम्* ॥

I agree with all the statements that you have cited. Without also saying
that the 'idam' is mithyā, the equation will not make sense. That is why
Shankara has added 'abhāvam paśyati' in so many places while referring to
the post-realization view of the world.

warm regards
vs


>
> With respectful namaskars,
> Sreenivasa Murthy
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Archives: http://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/
> http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.culture.religion.advaita
>
> To unsubscribe or change your options:
> http://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/advaita-l
>
> For assistance, contact:
> listmaster at advaita-vedanta.org
>
>
>