[Advaita-l] Question on adhyaasa

[Sean Geiger]

Here's another question. Existence, Knowledge, Bliss are not attributes of
Atman, but its svarupa. How could there be a transfer of attributes of
Atman to anatman if there is no attribute of the former? If it be said that
the svarupa of Atman is transferred to anatman then it could mean the
svarupa is already known through this "adhyasa"! Nobody needs to do any
sadhana to realize the svarupa?

Best regards,
Sean

On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 9:40 AM S Jayanarayanan via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

>  kuntimaddi sadananda kuntimaddisada at yahoo.com wrote: > PraNAms to
> all.> We are doing the Panchadasi Ch. 6 -Chitadeepa prakaraNa.In that,
> there is a discussion adhyaasa using ghaTaakaasa, jalaakaasha, meghaakaasha
> and mahaakaasha in relation to kuuTashta, brahman, jeeva and Iswara. How do
> you explain these analogies and more importantly the anyonya adhyaasa
> here? > Panchadasi- Ch. 6 – Sloka24 says:> Jalavyomnaa ghaTaakaaShO yathaa
> sarvastirohitaH|> > Tathaa jeevena kuuTasthaH saH anyOnya adhyaasa
> uchyate||> > yathaa, Jalavyomnaa ghaTaakaaShaH, sarvaH tirOhitaH; tathaa
> jeevena kuuTasthaH, saH anyonya adhyaasaH> It says, anyonya adhhaasa – what
> is the mutual superimposition here?> Hari Om!Sadananda >
> Couple of websites have this to say:
> http://pastimespaceadvaitavedanta.blogspot.com/2013/12/five-sheaths-and-atman.html
>  "Disciple: What is the relation between the Kosha and the Atman?Guru:
> Anyonya-Adhyasa. Disciple: What is Anyonya-Adhyasa?Guru: Anyonya-Adhyasa is
> mutual superimposition. The attributes of the five sheaths are superimposed
> on the Atman.The attributes of the sheaths, e.g., change pain, etc., are
> falsely attributed to the pure soul or the Atman.The attributes of the Pure
> Atman such as Existence, Knowledge, Bliss, Purity, Consciousness are
> transferred tothe five sheaths."
> http://saipadarenu.blogspot.com/2009/03/chapters-sixteen-and-seventeen.html
>  "The attributes of the mind, senses, Prana and body are transferred to
> the pure Atman and the attributes of Atmanare transferred to the mind and
> the body. This is called mutual super imposition (Anyonya Adhyasa).
> Throughthis superimposition, the insentient mind seems to be intelligent,
> and the impure and insentient body ismistaken for the pure and sentient
> atman. "
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