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

[Venkatesh Murthy]

Namaste
On Sun, May 8, 2022 at 9:58 PM The Crimson Universe via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> @Venkatesh ji,
> When you said there is no creation for the enlightened person, you were
> speaking of the absolute paramarthika reality that Gaudapada spoke of. Am i
> right?
>
Yes.

>
> Could you please explain this paramarthika reality.
>
> Is this paramarthika reality a higher samadhi like experience?
>

It is not Samadhi because Samadhi is experienced in the  mind. Mind is also
Maayaa.
The highest Reality is what the enlightened person becomes. He does not
feel I am experiencing Brahman. He feels I am Brahman without Duality.

>
> On Sun, 8 May 2022, 21:49 The Crimson Universe, <
> the.crimson.universe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > @Krishnamoorthy ji
> > If Prakriti with its 3 gunas, is within Brahman (as you just said) then
> > doesn't that make formless brahman full of gunas?
> > Why do non-dualists call brahman as nirguna, if prakriti is within
> brahman?
> >
> > On Sun, 8 May 2022, 21:09 Srirudra via Advaita-l, <
> > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Dear
> >> Prakriti is not Brahman.But Prakriti is in Brahman.Please read BG
> stanzas
> >> contains this word
> >> This will enable you understand the difference .
> >> R.Krishnamoorthy.
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPad
> >>
> >> > On 08-May-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