[Advaita-l] Who has Ajnana/Maya?

[V Subrahmanian]

On Mar 16, 2017 5:59 PM, "Santosh Rao via Advaita-l" <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> My understanding is that Maya itself doesn't exist, it's only a
> provisional/temporary tool to explain the world appearance.
>

Yes, this is true.

subbu

> Namaskara,
>
> Santosh.
>
> On Mar 15, 2017 2:39 PM, "Sriram Sankaranarayanan via Advaita-l" <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Perhaps this question has been discussed in this group, but I would
like to
> > know Shankara's answers to the following questions which I heard from a
few
> > Dvaiti and visishtadvaiti orators.
> >
> >    1. Who has Ajnana? If Jeeva has ajnana, that is inconsistent since
the
> >    existence of Jeeva's identity is Ajnana and we cannot call Jeeva
"has"
> >    ajnana any longer. But if paramatma has ajnana, that is a blemish on
> >    paramatma.
> >    2. If Maya is an attribute of Ishwara, then doesn't Mayatva
contradict
> >    the nirgunatva aspect that Advaitins claim?
> >
> > In the following talk (Tamil) Sringeri Mahasannidhanam addresses this a
> > little, but I wish if somebody can shed more light on this topic.
> > Identity of Brahman & Jiva by Jagadguru Shankaracharya of Sringeri
> > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_YoQrcj7xM>
> >
> > Also please quote from Prasthanathraya Bhashyams or other granthas if
> > possible.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sriram
> >
> > Hamsah Soham
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