[Advaita-l] Puri Shankaracharya's talk at NIAS, IISc, Bangalore.

[H S Chandramouli]

> Namaste Sri Ravi Ji,
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> Reg  << This can be
> > observed in our life. In Jaagrut avastha, there is Shakti and her sthoola
> > kaarya ; in swapna , there exists Shakti with her sookshma kaarya ; in
> > Sushupti , there exists Shaktimaan and Shakti devoid of any kaarya; and
> in
> > Nirvikalpa Samaadhi , there exists only the Shaktimaan.
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> If so, how does one reappear to jAgrat avastha from Nirvikalpa samAdhi, in
> the absence of shakti ?
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> Or, are we saying that, when one attains NS, such a one, no longer comes
> back to jAgrat and drops the body from NS ? >>,
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>  I cant say as to what the Swamiji meant. But my understanding  of the
> subject is as follows.
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> By  “ In NS there exists only the Shaktimaan “  what is meant is the “
> anubhava “ of Brahman in its aspect of unalloyed, pure Ananda (आनंदस्वरूप
> AnaMdasvarUpa).  In NS, antahkaraNa vritti is present and Brahman is
> pervaded by this vritti (वृत्तिव्याप्य vRRittivyApya). There is no
> फलव्याप्ति (phalavyApti). But Brahman being svaprkAsha, It is reflected in
> this vritti and is “experienced” in its aspect of Ananada and goes under
> the name of “BrahmAnanda”. The jnAni does come out of this state due to
> unsteadiness of the mind and vAsanAs depending upon the sAdhanAs he has
> undertaken prior to jnAna.
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> Regards
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