[Advaita-l] Fwd: Avaccheda and Pratibimba illustrations in the Yajnavalkya Smriti

[Venkatraghavan S]

Namaste Sada ji,

Just wanted to caveat that this is not my argument - it is a presentation
occurring in the parimala. The absence of distance that is being referred
to is not between consciousness and the jIva - it is the absence of
difference between the all-pervading consciousness and the reflecting
medium, the mind. That is true even in vyavahAra.

Regards,
Venkatraghavan



On Thu, Jun 9, 2022 at 2:00 PM Kuntimaddi Sadananda <
kuntimaddisada at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Venkatraghavanji - PraNAms
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> When the scriptures talks about - bahu shyaam, prajaayeyeti - Let me
> become many and he became many - involves apparent division and also
> implies individual separation. All at vyaavahaarika level.
> The pratibimba aspect is needed to indicate the differences in response of
> the  gross (inert) and subtle material  (conscious).
> Hence both avacheda - becoming many and exhibiting jeeva jeeva bhinnatvam
> and accumulation of vaasanas etc., with differing local conscious
> entities required pratibimba aspect.
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> As I see - issue of the so-called distance issue between all pervading
> consciousness and local conscious entities that is being raised  is only
> trying to mix the paaramaarthika and vaavahaarika aspects. The distance
> ceases cogntively when the jeeva realizes his paaramaarthika nature.
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> I do not see why there should be issue at all.
>
> My 2c.
>
> Hari Om!
> Sadananda
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