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

[H S Chandramouli]

I also think this was discussed extensively in another thread also recently
and different views were expressed.

Regards

On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 6:47 PM, H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> 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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