[Advaita-l] A replica of Adhyasa Bhashya in the Gita Bhashya13.26 (V Subrahmanian)

[H S Chandramouli]

Reg  << On Fri, 1 May 2020 at 18:27, michael via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Isn't the parsing of mithyAjnana into mithya ajnana a tautology = "false
> ignorance"? Which makes no sense >>,

In this system, ajnana (Ignorance) (Capital “I”) is considered an entity,a
veil/cover,which partially veils/covers another “entity” namely
Chaitanya(Consciouness). Thereby leading to its (Chaitanya) partial
ignorance (small “I”) or partial knowledge. The word “mithya” refers to its
(ajnana) ontological status vis-à-vis Chaitanya(Consciousness). So what is
the tautology about?

Reg  << On Sat, May 2, 2020 at 5:26 AM Ryan Armstrong via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> ignorance is false, is it not? >>,

Well not exactly. In general parlance when it is said to be “false”,
‘ignorance” is understood with “i” in the small letter significance,
vyAvahArika sense. In other words,falseness is known through empirical
knowledge. In the case of ajnana or Ignorance, “I” has the significance of
Capital letter. It is an entity.That it is false is known (aparoksha) only
with Realization.Till then,any knowledge gained about it or its effects as
being false is only paroksha jnAna.
Regards


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