[Advaita-l] Who has Ajnana/Maya?

[shyam subramanian]

A brief essay on the locus of avidya illustrates this in simple terms

http://www.vijnana.org/2007/03/locus-of-avidya-story-of-mrpott.html?m=1

Hari OM
Shri Gurubhyoh namah
Shyam

> On Mar 17, 2017, at 8:00 AM, Kalyan via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> 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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