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

[Venkatesh Murthy]

Namaste

On Mon, May 9, 2022 at 1:31 PM H S Chandramouli via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Reg  << He feels I am Brahman without Duality >>,
>
> If he feels so, it is duality only. He cannot be feeling it without duality
>

Only a living person can speak. We have to assume the enlightened person
speaking is a Jeevan Mukta with Avidyalesha.

Without Avidyalesha he cannot do anything like speaking, walking and so
on.

Because he has Avidyalesha he can see Duality and be Brahman at the
same time. This is nicely explained in Panchadashi.

It is like seeing some object like a tree and its reflection in a lake at
the same time. It is possible.

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:
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> > 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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