[Advaita-l] What is Prakriti as per Shankaracharya?

[Venkatesh Murthy]

Namaste
On Sun, May 8, 2022 at 8:23 PM The Crimson Universe via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste Venkatesh ji.
>
> Will it be correct to say that prakriti or maya is just a manifestation
> (vyakta state) of the impersonal formless Brahman?
>

Yes for the ignorant person and inquiring person because Brahman is the
Creator. No for the enlightened person. For him there is no Creator
Creation.

>
> On Sun, May 8, 2022 at 8:05 PM Venkatesh Murthy via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Namaste
> >
> > Prakriti is real for the ignorant person and Anirvachaniya for the
> > inquiring person and Tuccha like a hare's horn for the enlightened
> person,
> >
> > It is the same as Maya. It cannot be Brahman.
> >
> > On Sun, May 8, 2022 at 2:04 PM V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
> > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Shankaracharya has indeed mentioned a lot about Prakriti in the Gita
> > > bhashya and elsewhere too. He has said that it is trigunatmika maya
> > > consisting of sattva, rajas and tamas.  It is  neither the same as
> > Brahman
> > > nor is it different from bramhan. Its status is anirvachaniya, that is,
> > it
> > > is unreal, mithya. It does not have an absolute existence; it appears
> and
> > > it is experienced but upon enquiry it ceases to be.
> > >
> > > regards
> > > subbu
> > >
> > > On Sun, May 8, 2022 at 1:35 PM The Crimson Universe via Advaita-l <
> > > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello. Greg here with another question.
> > > >
> > > > Did Shankara mention in his Gita bhashya or other advaita texts about
> > > > Prakriti? Is Prakriti the same as Brahman or different from IT?
> > > >
> > > > Thank you.
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-Venkatesh