[Advaita-l] Sleep, tamas and brahman

[V Subrahmanian]

On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 9:08 PM, H S Chandramouli via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Pranams Bhaskar Ji,
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> On second thoughts I decided to just present my understanding instead of
> leaving it as a question. I addressed it to Sri Sadananda Ji also since
> this would address his observation also namely
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> << When is something not merged with sat ruupa Brahman, when sat ruupa is
> anantam or infinite? >>.
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> The whole issue arises because the BU associates the Sushpti avastha with
> the highest state of Brahman and mentions that in this avastha jIva merges
> into the highest state of Brahman. . In the context of Creation, the
> highest state of Brahman as associated with Creation as identified in BU
> itself as, in my view,   अव्याकृतम् (avyAkRRitam)  as stated in mantra
> 1-4-7 तद्धेदं तर्ह्यव्याकृतमासीत् (taddhedaM tarhyavyAkRRitamAsIt). When
> the BU states that in Sushupti jIva merges into the highest state of
> Brahman, it is this अव्याकृतम् (avyAkRRitam)  that is intended. The term
> अव्याकृतम् (avyAkRRitam) could refer to any of the three, namely AtmA
> alone/anAtmA alone/ AtmA plus anAtmA, and is to be understood contextually.
> This is brought out in the Bhashya on BU mantra 1-4-7 itself. The anAtmA
> part is mithyA. In fact Jiva merges into the anAtmA part of this अव्याकृतम्
> (avyAkRRitam). In dream/jAgrat avastha, the jIva emerges from this
> अव्याकृतम् (avyAkRRitam) only. With this understanding the position on BUB
> 4-3 which has been the subject matter of a couple of threads currently
> underway automatically stands resolved. I have kept this post very brief
> purposely. If there is any clarity needed it can be brought out during
> discussions.
>

Well presented.  This goes well with the many key points discussed: 1.
sushupti is an analogy for moksha state  2. the jiva merges in the sabeeja
brahman in deep sleep, pralaya.

regards

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> Regards
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> On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 12:06 PM, H S Chandramouli <
> hschandramouli at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > Pranams Bhaskar Ji,
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> > Reg  << here prAjnA has been exaplined as sarvOpAdhi vinirmukta and
> > mergence is indeed with parabrahman since jeeva is always parabrahman.>>,
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> > Just to clarify my query in the earlier post, it is related to this
> > statement of yours also,  in response to Sri Anand Ji. If indeed you
> > consider jeeva to be always parabrahman, how does the question of
> “mergence
> > is indeed with parabrahman” arise. Merging is only when one entity is
> > different from the other. Not when it is the same. Please clarify.
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> > Regards
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