[Advaita-l] Paul Hacker on Avidya in Brahma Sutras

[Michael Chandra Cohen]

Sri Venkatesh, pranam. I don't know how you can say that mulAvidya - the
material seed, present in deepsleep, a bhavarupa shakti -  is not
considered in traditional circles to be the cause of the world and thus
"relatively real". Here is a link to a recent eminent encyclopedic entry
repeatedly referring to a relative real satta.

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/shankara/

On Sun, May 15, 2022 at 11:23 AM Venkatesh Murthy via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste
>
> The question of Mula Avidya is discussed extensively in traditional circles
> also. It is a misconception to think Mula Avidya as a really existing thing
> giving rise to all Avidyas. No disciple of Sankara has said it really
> exists. For explaining the world and vyavahara this Avidya is used.
>
> On Sun, May 15, 2022 at 6:41 PM Michael Chandra Cohen via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > It seems to me any defense of Mulavidya vada would have to account for
> > Hacker's exhaustive study. Sengaku Mayeda performed the same analysis on
> > Upadesa Sahasri and came to similar conclusions
> >
> >
> >
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nE0s2sFIqc0fYdgto0rGlW16xx6lsNEDJKsWVr6CJPw/edit?usp=sharing
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> -Venkatesh
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