[Advaita-l] [advaitin] The nature of mUlAvidyA as per mUlAvidyAvAdins

[Jaishankar Narayanan]

Dear Sudhanshu ji,

Even in the introductory section of Naishkarmya-siddhi too Sureshvara says
the same.

svatassiddha-advitIya-Atma-anavabodha-mAtra-upAdAnatvAt avvyAvrttih


Regards,
Jaishankar

On Wed, 30 Nov 2022, 07:27 Sudhanshu Shekhar via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Hari Om,
>
> A shloka by Sureshwar puts to rest all confusions regarding nature of
> avidyA
>
> अस्य द्वैतेन्द्रजालस्य यदुपादानकारणम्।
> अज्ञानं तदुपाश्रित्य ब्रह्मकारणमुच्यते।।
> (BrihadAraNyaka BhAshya VArtika by SureshwarAchArya)
>
> In this important shloka which is quoted by several AchAryAs of advaita
> tradition including NeelakaNtha, Madhusudana Saraswati etc,
> SureshwarAchArya states the following:-
>
> The material cause of this magical duality is ajnAna. Brahman is said to be
> cause on account of the superimposition of that ajnAna (in Brahman).
>
> People who posit ajnAna to be abhAva need to explain how abhAva can be
> upAdAna kAraNam (of anything).
>
> Regards.
> Sudhanshu Shekhar.
>
>
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