[Advaita-l] Avachheda Vaada

[V Subrahmanian]

On Tue, 7 Sep 2021, 8:48 am H S Chandramouli, <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaste.
>
> Reg  << The cited Bhamati passage could be reflecting the Taittiriya
> passage ' यो वेद निहितं गुहायां परमे व्योमन् ' which itself says 'he who
> realises - sakshatkara - that Brahman available in the cave of the
> intellect, buddhi guhaa.' So the Consciousness reflected in the intellect
> is the vishaya for that avidya nivartaka vritti. In the ' आत्मा वा अरे
> द्रष्टव्यः..' the bhashyam says ' दर्शनविषयमापादयितव्य:'. >>,
>
> Further to my earlier post on the subject, it may also be pointed out that
> ** Consciousness reflected in the intellect **  represents jIvAtma and
> hence is not the ** vishaya for that avidya nivartaka vritti **. All
> sAdhanAs are aimed at transcending this **Consciousness reflected in the
> intellect** to Realize the ParamAtma.
>

Actually the Taittiriya declares ब्रह्मविदाप्नोति परम्....सत्यं ज्ञानमनन्तं
ब्रहम  ' यो वेद निहितं गुहायां परमे व्योमन्

> Thereby it is teaching that one should seek to know Brahman not elsewhere
> but in the cave of his intellect where It is available for knowing.
> Shankara while explaining the pravesh vakya tat सृष्ट्वा तदेवानु प्राविशत्
> discusses at length to conclude that pravesha means only 'Brahman is to be
> known in the buddhi Guha. He reasons that it's only there that one
> experiences one is hearer, seer, thinker, etc which are all indicative of
> consciousness.  That such a consciousness is brahman is also known from the
> passage Brahma puccham pratishtha which occurs at the end of the anandamaya
> kosha delineation. At this point the jivatma ends and Brahman is taught as
> the adhishthsnam of all jagat/laukika ananda. And there occurs the
> brahmatmaj aikyam. Thus the reflection of consciousness in the intellect is
> brahman as taught by the Shruthi.
>

Regards
Subbu

>
> My understanding.
>
> Regards
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