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

[Bhaskar YR]

praNAms Sri Ravi Kiran prabhuji
Hare Krishna

I must say here I am only sharing my thoughts based on the traditional belief (or should  I say most popular belief) that advocates jnAni-s deha dhAsraNa (not ofcourse from the ajnAnis’ point of view) his avidyA lesha like digbhrAnti, his prArabdha karma, his rAga dvesha etc.  Infact I have my own reservations with regard to all this  which are not so tenable to the most of the advaitins ☺ Lot of things has been discussed with regard to jnAni’s BMI and his rAga-dvesha but in vain ☺ While on the subject, br.up somewhere says, when all the desires residing in one’s heart have been got rid of, then the mortal becomes immortal and brahman here in this life.  Just as the cast-off slough of a snake would lie lifeless in an ant-hill, so also does the body of the enlightened person lie there and he is NOW BODILESS (ashareeri) the prANa, brahman alone, the light of pure consciousness alone.  But statements like this has comfortably tagged to inert state like nirvikalpa samAdhi to get the verbatim meaning of bhAshyakAra.  Whereas it is saying the intrinsic nature of ashareeratvaM is revealed as soon as svarUpa jnana dawns.  And the same Upanishad subsequently says the person who know HIM directly in this manner desiring what?? And for the fulfillment of whose desire?? Clearly denying the rAga-dvesha in the paripUrNa jnAni, but in the name of avidyA lesha, prArabdha karma, what we are seeing today is even jnAni also not free from rAga-dvesha but at the same time justification like he is not going to  identify with it etc.

Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
bhaskar


pranams Sri Bhaskar ji

**  there is no doubt that jnAni's svapna vishaya too prApanchika. But bhAshyakAra clarifies that jnAni clearly knows that none of these states is in him. Ofcourse **  you would agree that all the three states are only features (deha dharma) of the body and the jnAni too who due to his prArabdha continue to have
** these functions even after samyak jnana.

Yes, as mentioned in chandogya - तस्य तावदेव चिरं यावन्न विमोक्ष्येऽथ सम्पत्स्य इति    ( tasya tAvadeva chiram…there is delay only till such time the body falls)

** So, jnAni's dream is comparatively more matured and sanctified  than that of ajnAni because of his svarUpa jnana  :-)

I see  :-)

Thanks