[Advaita-l] Question on adhyaasa

[Venkatraghavan S]

True, they are not attributes of brahman, they are brahman itself. The
error is in mistaking the substratum to be an attribute of the
superimposed.

The general rule is that for knowledge to remove ignorance, it should have
the same object as the ignorance. The ignorance which is the cause of
samsAra has brahman as its object, it does not objectify ignorance or its
products. Therefore, the cognition that is capable of removing that
ignorance (and thus samsAra) can only have brahman as its object, and not
ignorance or its products. Any cognition of the existence of the world has
both existence and the world (ie it has both brahman and the world, a
product of ignorance) as its object, and therefore, such a cognition cannot
remove the ignorance which is the cause of samsAra.

Regards,
Venkatraghavan

On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 5:00 AM Sean Geiger via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> 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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