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

[Michael Chandra Cohen]

Prof. Neil Dalal - student of Sri Swami Dayanandaji wrote the Stanford
article. One of the common criticisms of Vedanta is elitism - authority
based on credentials rather than truth value per se.

On Sun, May 15, 2022 at 7:10 PM Balasubramanian Ramakrishnan via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Who wrote this? Do they have any traditional vedantic gurus? If not, it is
> certainly eminently fit for the dustbin.
>
> Ramakrishnan
>
> On Sun, May 15, 2022 at 2:01 PM Michael Chandra Cohen via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > 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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