[Advaita-l] Who has Ajnana/Maya?
Venkatraghavan S
agnimile at gmail.com
Fri Mar 17 11:09:44 EDT 2017
Namaste Sri Kalyan,
Would love to continue this conversation, but I have other things going on
and we do seem to be covering the same ground, so I'd rather not repeat.
I would suggest you study / approach an advaita AchArya to seek
clarification.
Regards,
Venkatraghavan
On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 3:00 PM, Kalyan <kalyan_kg at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear Sri Venkatraghavan
>
>
> //Then there is no need for anyone to try for
> moksha since no one is affected
> by
> misery.
>
> Ultimately this is
> true - but people incorrectly believe that they are
> miserable, and to correct that moksha shAstra
> is there.//
>
>
> An incorrect belief of misery is real misery. Therefore people are really
> affected by misery when they incorrectly believe they are miserable. I have
> discussed this point here -
>
> https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/bvparishat/KlKjUx7J9mY
>
>
> //Why one, every single experience, which is
> nothing but a thought, is
> ultimately not
> real, because it is a viShaya for sAkshi pratyaksha//
>
>
> Please provide a single example to show that thoughts are not real.
>
>
> //No, because perception of thought does not
> require another thought, only
> consciousness
> - so there is no infinite regress. It is consciousness
> that
> is self evident.//
>
>
> As Des Cartes says, I think, therefore I am. It is thoughts and
> perceptions that make us realize that we are a conscious entity. There is
> no consciousness in the state of dreamless sleep.
>
> Regards
> Kalyan
>
>
>
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