[Advaita-l] Is difference known by perception?

[Venkatraghavan S]

Namaste Praveen ji,
Thank you. Hope that opportunity arises - for both of us!

Re your point on role of Shruti in dvaita, both dvaita and advaita agree
that Shruti reveals what pratyaksha does not / cannot reveal.

Similar to our प्रत्यक्षेण अनुमित्या वा यस्तूपायो न बुध्यते। एनं विन्दति
वेदेन तस्मात् वेदस्य वेदता।

Where we differ is that where pratyaksha and Shruti are in conflict, they
hold that pratyaksha will prevail.

Regards,
Venkatraghavan


On Mon, 6 May 2019, 05:52 Praveen R. Bhat via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste Venkatji,
>
> Thanks for another wonderful presentation of a segment from AS. I have not
> been able to follow your series at all, but I do hope that at the end of it
> all, you do publish it as a book (hard-copy, of course). I'd be very
> interested to buy the same as it seems very unlikely that I'll be able to
> study AS before that!
>
> On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 4:41 PM Venkatraghavan S via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > ...
>
>
>
> > Other schools of philosophy argue that this universal identity is
> incorrect
> > - arguing that difference is known either directly through perception, or
> > through inference, or by presumption (arthApatti). In this context, an
> > interesting discussion arises in the Advaita Siddhi, borrowing heavily
> from
> > the ideas outlined in the khaNDanakhaNDakhAdya of Sriharsha.
> >
> > We will consider the first proposition - that difference is known through
> > perception - in this email.
>
> ...
> >
>
> This dvaita-pUrvapakSha again brings me back to the question I have
> oft-asked that when pratyakSha proves dvaita to them, in their view what
> exactly is shruti pramANa for and how does their take qualify as Vedanta!
>
> Kind rgds,
> --Praveen R. Bhat
> /* येनेदं सर्वं विजानाति, तं केन विजानीयात्। Through what should one know
> That owing to which all this is known! [Br.Up. 4.5.15] */
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