[Advaita-l] Cause and Effect

[H S Chandramouli]

Namaste.

Sorry. Forgot to answer the query by Durga Ji in respect of dream,
rope-serpent etc. kAraNa (avidyA) and kArya (these creations)  enjoy
different levels of sattA.

Regards



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On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 8:44 PM H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaste.
>
> In continuation to my last statement in the previous post, dream and
> rope-serpent like creations are pariNAma of avidyA no doubt, kAraNa-kArya
> only. But each and every creation therein is a direct transformation of
> avidyA, without any sequential or followup transformation from one creation
> to another. That is the distinction from the vyAvahArika state creation.
>
> Regards
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> On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 7:11 PM H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> <<  On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 1:42 AM Durga Prasad Janaswamy via Advaita-l
>> <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hari Om,
>> Namaste.
>>
>> Should Cause (कारण)  and Effect (कार्य) have same level of reality (सम
>> सत्ता) ?  Are there any exceptions? >>,
>>
>> Namaste.
>>
>> All entities in Creation derive their aspect of नाम-रूप (nAma-rUpa),
>> Name and Form,  by way of pariNAma (transformation)  of  the fundamental
>> material (upAdAna), avidyA. Hence avidyA is termed the उपादान (upAdAna)
>> for the entire Creation. This process of pariNAma (transformation)  is also
>> termed  कारण-कार्य (kAraNa-kArya) (C and E). Both कारण-कार्य
>> (kAraNa-kArya) (C and E) enjoy  सम सत्ता (sama sattA), same level of
>> sattA namely व्यावहारिक सत्ता (vyAvahArika sattA).
>>
>> All these entities in Creation derive their aspect of existence (sattA)
>> from  Brahman, सत्य (satya), THE Only Existent, which enjoys पारमार्थिक
>> सत्ता  (pAramArthika sattA). In this context, in the BhAshya, Brahman is
>> also termed The कारण (kAraNa) for the entire Creation, which is कार्य (kArya)
>> (including avidyA). Here, Brahman (THE kAraNa) and Creation (kArya)  enjoy विषम
>> सत्ता (vishama sattA), differennt levels of existence or sattA.
>>
>> Dream and entities like rope-serpent enjoy a third level of sattA namely  प्रातिभासिक
>> सत्ता (prAtibhasika sattA). They are of the nature of impressions
>> projected  by avidyA and are not considered to conform to kAraNa-kArya
>> category. I stand to correction in this regard.
>> Regards
>>
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