[Advaita-l] Partlessness of Brahman and Maya

[H S Chandramouli]

Namaste.



Please see last sentence of Bhashya on Mandukya 3-3, copied here



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तदा जातावुपगम्यमानायाम् एतत् निदर्शनं दृष्टान्तः यथोदिताकाशवदित्यादिः ॥ >>

<< yadA mandabuddhipratipipAdayiShayA shrutyA Atmano jAtiruchyate jIvAdInAm
, tadA jAtAvupagamyamAnAyAm etat nidarshanaM dRRiShTAntaH
yathoditAkAshavadityAdiH || >>,

Illustration of AkAsha is not to be taken literally as Sidhanta. It is
meant to explain easily to mandabudhis. It applies to all other instances
where the same technique is adopted in respect of AkAsha as representing
Brahman. Otherwise AkAsha has to be taken as nitya which is also stated in
the Mandukya Bhashya on 4-99 cited by you.

Regards

On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 9:04 PM V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> In the following sample, we see Shankara accepting niravayavatva for
> akasha:
>
> तथा धर्मा इति आकाशमिव अचलमविक्रियं निरवयवं
> नित्यमद्वितीयमसङ्गमदृश्यमग्राह्यमशनायाद्यतीतं ब्रह्मात्मतत्त्वम्   Mandukya
> karika bhashyam 4.99
>
> आत्मा परः हि यस्मात् आकाशवत् सूक्ष्मो निरवयवः सर्वगत आकाशवदुक्तः जीवैः
> क्षेत्रज्ञैः घटाकाशैरिव घटाकाशतुल्यैः उदितः उक्तः ; स एव आकाशसमः पर आत्मा ।
>   Mand.karika bhashya 3.3
>
> There are many.
>
> regards
> subbu
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 8:32 PM H S Chandramouli via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Namaste.
> >
> > Niravayavatva for AkAsha In BG 13-27 is  attributed to Objector and not
> to
> > Sidhantin in the Bhashya. Hence Sri Bhagavatpada does not affirm in BG
> > 13-27 that AkAsha is niravayava.
> >
> > Am I reading it wrongly since many here seem to be of contrary view??
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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