[Advaita-l] 'lens-grass' burning analogy

[H S Chandramouli]

Sorry The word तृण (tRRiNa) meaning grass also appears in the quote from
Advaita Siddhi. Missedout on that.

Regards

On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 3:15 PM, H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> Namaste Sri Subrahmanian Ji,
>
> Reg  << 'lens-grass' burning analogy
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> I am looking for the reference of an analogy used in the texts to show that
> 'svarupa jnanam does not directly annihilate avidya, but when directed
> through a vritti, it does the job'. The analogy is: sun directly does not
> burn a blade of grass but when directed through a glass/lens, it burns.
> This analogy is in some prakarana grantha or vyakhyana.  Any help in
> locating the text is appreciated. >>,
>
> The illustration is in the context of explaining that the self same
> Consciousness can be the locus as also the annihilator of  aj~nAna under
> different circumstances. The nearest reference I could get immediately is
> from Advaita Siddhi,  pp 577.
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> << वृत्यवच्छेदेन तस्या एवाज्ञानविरोधित्वात्, स्वतस्तृणतूलादिभासकस्य
> सौरालोकस्य  सूर्यकान्तावच्छेदेन स्वभास्यतृणतूलादिदाहकत्ववत्
> स्वतोऽविध्यातत्कार्यभासकस्य  चैतन्यस्य  वृत्त्यवच्छेदेन  तद्दाहकत्वात्। >>
>
> << vRRityavacChedena tasyA evAj~nAnavirodhitvAt,
> svatastRRiNatUlAdibhAsakasyasaurAlokasya sUryakAntAvacChedena
> svabhAsyatRRiNatUlAdidAhakatvAt svato.avidhyAtatkAryabhAsakasya
> caitanyasya vRRittyavacChedena taddAhakatvAt. >>
>
> <<  Although Pure Consciousness is devoid of the destructive potentiality
> of aj~nAna  It receives the power of annihilating aj~nAna when It becomes
> reflected in the mental mode. The rays of the sun illumine a piece of
> cloth. But the same piece of cloth is burnt up when the same solar rays
> become  focussed upon it by means of a piece of convex lens. >>
>
> Regards
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