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

[H S Chandramouli]

Namaste.

Reg  << He feels I am Brahman without Duality >>,

If he feels so, it is duality only. He cannot be feeling it without duality
because it is implying " I "  and  "Brahman "  and  "" feeling "".

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On Mon, May 9, 2022 at 9:45 AM Venkatesh Murthy via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> 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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