[Advaita-l] akhandakara vritti, brahmakara vritti, atmakara vritti or ahamkara vritti

[H S Chandramouli]

Namaste.
I am not saying so.
I am not sure if Swami MS has used the term manonasha or not.

Regards

On Wed, Apr 5, 2023 at 3:09 AM <jaldhar at braincells.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 1 Apr 2023, H S Chandramouli wrote:
>
> > //  ahamakara chitta vrtti is the easy one.  It is just the normal mental
> > state where one identifies with the mind and body //,
> >
> > As a followup on this, I can suggest replacing the statement under
> > consideration with the following.
> >
> > //  This is the Brahmakara vrtti.  For an Advaitin this is the same as
> >
> > atmakara vrtti. This destroys the identification (तादात्म्य  tAdAtmya)
> with
> > mind obtaining earlier, which is the cause of samsAra,  thereby leading
> to
> > its (samsAra) cessation  //.
> >
>
> I'm making some assumptions here which may be unwarranted.
>
> 1. Swami MS is using vrtti in the same sense as Yoga sutras i.e. "state of
> mind."
>
> 2.  The point or state called manonasha by Swami Vidyaranya must therefore
> be beyond any vrtti.  Or does Swami MS not use that terminology?
>
> But it seems you  are saying that atmakara vrtti _is_ manonasha?  Am I
> understanding you correctly?
>
> --
> Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>