[Advaita-l] ***UNCHECKED*** Re: [advaitin] Re: World is mind alone: Shankara

[Praveen R. Bhat]

Namaste Chandramouliji,


On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 8:04 PM, H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
wrote:

> As you are no doubt aware, there are two well recognized prakriyas in SDV,
> namely adhyArOpa-apavAda prakriyA and avasthAtraya prakriyA.
>
​Sure, there are many viveka prakriyAs in SDV, one of them being the
avasthAtraya viveka, which can be used for mithyAtvanischaya of the
avasthAs themselves, landing into a self which is different from it.
However, I have voiced earlier that since the dream itself has far-reaching
implications, its very likely that SDV changes to DSV in the avasthAviveka.
​​

> The issue you have pointed out is covered in the second prakriyA.
>
​The total being resolved into an individual is definitely more DSV than
SDV, and that is what I have pointed out.


> But Sri SSS has written several texts covering this prakriyA like
> “AvasthAtraya Chandrike’,  “ParamArtha ChintAmaNi “  etc. You may like to
> refer to them.
>
​Thanks, but I can barely read Kannada​ words! Even in other languages, I'm
very choosy with what I read. I prefer to stick to main prasthAnatraya or
prakraNas than anything else.


> This is from vichAra perspective. But Swami VidyAranya contends, like in
> Panchadashi,  that it can be resolved through upAsana also.
>
Although you have mentioned your perspective earlier too as to what is
vichAra and what is upAsana, there is no such rule at all that I know or
agree with. In fact, any vichAra based on Shruti vAkya is manana. This is
definitely possible regardless of vyAShTi, samaShTi, aikya, SDV, DSV,
avasthAtraya, kArya-kAraNa, shariratraya, etc. As for what follows is
nididhyAsana only when aikya-tattva is doubtlessly understood, but with
doubts it becomes nirguNopAsanA. I particularly assert this here, since as
I understand you also follow Sw. Paramarthanandaji and I thought you would
like to know that this is how he particularly addresses the issue at hand.
This is endorsed by Panchadashikara in chapter 9 wonderfully.

Infact , in my understanding, the vyaShTi perspective  is what Swami
> Vidyaranya  covers in anubhutiprakasha  as driShTi sriShTi which was
> discussed in the other thread.
>
​And hence, I said its DSV, more than SDV.​

​gurupAdukAbhyAm
,
--Praveen R. Bhat
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