[Advaita-l] The Foundations of Adhyāsa - 8 (The Three States)

Venkatesh Murthy vmurthy36 at gmail.com
Thu Nov 15 21:57:14 EST 2018


Namaste

The three Avasthas are all products of Avidyaa only. In Sushupti Avidyaa is
in Moola form. In Jagrat and Svapna it is Moola + Products. Renounce the
Three States means renounce Avidyaa and its products. Then only Tureeya
will remain.

On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 5:42 PM H S Chandramouli via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste.
>
> Reg  << Therefore, Adhyāsa in the Waking and Dream states, takes on the
> form of Mūlāvidyā in Deep Sleep. Sankara's exhortation is to
> renounce all Three States and rest in the Fourth State called Turīya, the
> true nature of the Self. >>,
>
> A doubt. Who or what is to “renounce all Three States and rest in the “
> Fourth State “ ??  Is it not something  which is part of one or more of
> “Three States “ ??. If all the three states are renounced, does not that
>  entity also stand renounced.  Or Adhyasa itself should “ rest “ in the “
> Fourth State “ ??.
>
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-Venkatesh


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