[Advaita-l] Significance of Mula Avidya

[Venkatraghavan S]

In the below, it should be - It's AvaraNa shakti covers the rope (not
snake).

On 27 Oct 2017 8:38 a.m., "Venkatraghavan S" <agnimile at gmail.com> wrote:

> No, I meant rajju avacChinna chaitanyam Ashrita avidyA because the sarpa
> is a product of that avidyA and a cause cannot exist in its own effect.
>
> The avidyA cannot reside in the rope either because it is insentient, thus
> it is resident in the consciousness delimited by the rope, and it's AvaraNa
> shakti covers the snake. When a seers later looks at the object he first
> sees that there is something there.
>
> When the rope is not clearly perceived, the avidyA resident in the
> consciousness delimited by the rope projects the snake using vikshepa
> shakti. Later when the seer sees the object clearly, the rajjvAkAra vritti
> removes that sarpa and rajju AvaraNa, allowing the consciousness delimited
> by the rajjvAkAra vritti to reveal the rope.
> Regards,
> Venkatraghavan
>
> On 27 Oct 2017 7:53 a.m., "Ravi Kiran" <ravikiranm108 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
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>> On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 11:44 AM, Venkatraghavan S <agnimile at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> The pertinent object is rajju avacChinna chaitanya Ashrita avidyA - that
>>> is bhAvarUpa. This is removed by rajju avacChinna chaitanya vyApya vritti.
>>>
>>
>> you meant .. sarpa avacChinna chaitanya Ashrita avidyA removed by rajju
>> avacChinna chaitanya vyApya vritti ?
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>>> rajju jnAna is vastu tantra because there is no special effort required
>>> for jnAna utpatti once  pramAtA, pramANa, prameya are aligned.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Venkatraghavan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Thanks
>>
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