[Advaita-l] Advaita Siddhi: request for a clarification.

[Durga Prasad Janaswamy]

Pranams Swamiji. 🙏
Thank you for the clarification.
Regards
-- durga prasad janaswamy

On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 5:44 AM श्रीमल्ललितालालितः via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> अनेन यद्यपि विरोधो न स्पष्टमुक्तः तथापि  अयमित्थं स्यात्
> ब्रह्म प्रत्यक्षं भवितुं योग्यं , सर्व्वेन्द्रियविषत्वात् ; ब्रह्म च
> सत्त्वं पारमार्त्थिकं , तच्च मित्थ्यात्वविरोधि भवत्येव इति कथमग्रे
> मित्थ्यात्वविरोधिसत्त्वस्यानिरुक्तिरुच्यते इति ।
>
> समाधानमत्रेत्थं
> ब्रह्मणः चक्षुरादियोग्यसत्त्वरूपतया निरुक्तावपि तत् सत्त्वं न घटस्य
> पारमार्त्थिकत्वं साधयति , पारमार्त्थिकसति तादात्म्याद्ध्यासमात्रेण
> सत्त्वव्यवहारोपपत्तेः ।
> न हि घटाद्युपहितस्य सत्त्वस्य मित्थ्यात्वविरोधित्वमस्ति , किन्तु केवलस्य
> इत्यपि वक्तुं शक्यमत्र ।
>
>
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> On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 1:05 AM Durga Prasad Janaswamy via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Hari Om,
> > Pranams.
> >
> > Advaita Siddhi
> >
> > A.  paricCheda 1 - paricChinnatva hetUpapattih
> >
> > नच - रूपादिहीनतया चाक्षुषत्वाद्यनुपपत्ति: बाधिकेति - वाच्यम् ; Do not
> argue
> > thus - Brahman, being without form, cannot be seen with eyes and thus
> there
> > is a contradiction.
> >
> > प्रतिनियतेन्द्रियग्राह्येष्वेव रूपाद्यपेक्षानियमात्,
> सर्वेन्द्रियग्राह्यम्
> > तु सद्रूपं ब्रह्म, नातो रुपादिहीनत्वेऽपि चाक्षुषत्वाद्यनुपपत्ति: Every
> > sense organ is capable of revealing only that which it is designed for
> (for
> > example, eyes can only reveal form, not sound). Whereas Brahman is
> capable
> > of being known by all sense organs. Thus even though Brahman has no form
> it
> > is capable of being known.
> >
> >
> > B. paricCheda 1 - pratyaksha bAdhoddhAre sattva nirvachanam
> > ननु 'सन् घट' इत्याद्यध्यक्षबाधितविषया दृश्यत्वादय - इति चेत्  If this is
> > the argument (of the opponent) - The world's unreality established by
> > reasons such as knowability, etc. is contradicted by direct perception of
> > the kind "The pot exists".
> >
> > न ; चक्षुराद्यध्यक्षयोग्यमिथ्यात्वविरोधिसत्त्वानिरुक्ते: |
> > No. The existence that is capable of being known through direct
> perception
> > is not contradictory to mithyAtva. (The corollary - The existence that is
> > contradictory to mithyAtva, is not perceptible.)
> >
> > I think I am missing something here, to me (A) and (B) look
> contradictory.
> > Please clear my confusion.
> >
> > Thanks and regards
> > -- durga prasad janaswamy
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