[Advaita-l] 'I do not know' is bhāvarūpa ajnana

[V Subrahmanian]

On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 5:44 PM, Praveen R. Bhat via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> ​Namaste Subbuji,
>
> ​Thanks for a nicely detailed explanation from Advaita Siddhi on the
> subject. ​
> ​
> ​
>
> Under Mandukya Karika 1.2
> ,
> ​ while commenting on प्राज्ञ, Bhashyakara says
> ज्ञानदाह्यबीजाभावे च ज्ञानानर्थक्यप्रसङ्गः
> ​on which the Tikakara says that Bhashyakara says this since अभावरूपाज्ञान
> can neither be burnt nor a seed.
>

Thank you Praveen ji for the above reference.

regards
Subbu

>
> ​gurupAdukAbhyAm,
> --praveen​
>
> On 11 Jun 2017 1:10 pm, "V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l" <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> > In the Advaita siddhi there is a discussion on the status of the ajnana
> of
> > the form 'I do not know', 'मयि ज्ञानं नास्ति’. While the siddhantin's
> stand
> > is that this is not an abhāva of jnāna since there is the knowledge of
> 'the
> > content of ajnana', the purvapakshin's stand is that there is no need to
> > accept a bhāvarūpa ajnana but settle for a jnānābhāva for this kind of
> > ignorance.
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