[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Re: Does the mukta/jnani see the world?

[Sudhanshu Shekhar]

Namaste V Subramanian ji.

Sent the screenshot of reference along with Sridhari TIkA.

On Fri, 22 Dec 2023, 15:06 V Subrahmanian, <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 3:01 PM Sudhanshu Shekhar <
> sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Namaste V Subramanian ji.
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>> Nice references.
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>> In fact BhAgavAta PurANa 6.16.53-54 takes the example of dream within
>> dream and avers complete identity of waking, dream and deep sleep.
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> Nice, could you pl. produce the Bhagavata verses?  Thanks
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> subbu
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>> Regards.
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>> On Fri, 22 Dec 2023, 14:52 V Subrahmanian, <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>>> Sri Vidyaranya in his Anubhutiprakasha, on Aitareya Upanishad, says:
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>>> स्वप्नः स्वकाल एवास्ति नान्यदा सुप्तिजागरौं ।
>>> तथैवेति स्वप्नसाम्यात् त्रयः स्वप्ना उदीरिताः || 17
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>>> Dream is present only during its existence; not during sleep and waking.
>>> In the same way, being of the nature of dream, all the three states are
>>> stated by the Upanishad as three dreams.
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>>> स्थूलसूक्ष्मबीजप्रपञ्चाः त्रयः स्वप्नाः - The gross, subtle and causal
>>> worlds are three dreams - explains Upanishad Brahma Yogin for the Aitareya
>>> mantra.
>>>
>>> Also since there is ignorance about the Truth, which persists in all
>>> three states, the svapnatvam of all three are admissible. We get this
>>> reasoning from the Mandukya Karika:
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>>> अनादिमायया सुप्तो यदा जीवः प्रबुध्यते ।
>>> अजमनिद्रमस्वप्नमद्वैतं बुध्यते तदा ॥ १६ ॥
>>>
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