[Advaita-l] 'Sarva-shunya' is impossible!

[V Subrahmanian]

On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 1:55 PM Kuntimaddi Sadananda <
kuntimaddisada at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Subbuji PraNAms
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> The external principle as Saakshee is recognized only by Advaitins.
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> So, no one can refute or deny the ephemeral mind and the intellect, and the
> world that is perceived and grasped by such intellect, without admitting
> the eternal Atman. Why? Because, the mind and the intellect can be refuted
> only through an alternative principle that is different from the mind and
> intellect.
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> Yes - but that refutation of mind and intellect is done by the mind only!
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True, mind alone can and needs to refute the anatma; sakshi has neither the
need nor the ability to do that. That mind which does that is the 'informed
mind, su-samksruta manas.'  What is the samskara it gets? The Vedanta
shaastra provides the samskara to the mind by informing it that the Sakshi
that is beyond the mind is the Self. So, with this information,, samskara,
the mind does that discrimination and 'knows' that it has done it.  The
question would arise: But the mind remains?  Yes, the semblance of the
baadhita manas and the prapancha remain and continue to be perceived by the
person with the light of the Sakshi.  After the fall of the body of this
mukta, there is no more perception of the world and the mind body complex.

Thanks for your observation which is a natural one and needs the above
explanation.

regards


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> Just could not resist!
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> Hari Om!
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> Sadananda
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