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

[H S Chandramouli]

Namaste Sudhanshu Ji,

Reg << 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) >>,

This  shloka is commented upon in his (Sri SSS) independent exhaustive
treatise called क्लेशापहारिणि (kleshApahAriNi) on Swami Sureswaracharya’s
Naishkarmya Siddhi ,shloka 3-7. He dismisses the above view squarely and
presents his own view. Not that my understanding is the same as his view.
But just to set records straight.

I could not locate the shloka cited by JN Ji in Naishkarmya Siddhi. Please
provide the reference.

Regards


On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 8:27 AM Jaishankar Narayanan via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> 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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