[Advaita-l] ***UNCHECKED*** Re: Re: [advaitin] rope has some problem in rope snake analogy :-)

[V Subrahmanian]

On Tue, Dec 26, 2023 at 4:27 PM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Tue, Dec 26, 2023 at 4:18 PM H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
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>> Namaste Raghav Ji,
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>> Reg  // How do we distinguish sAxI pratyaxa entities like "algebra",
>> "democracy"
>> etc which I understand are sat,  from asat like hare's horns which can
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>> be conceptualized by the mind? //,
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>> In my understanding, terms like "algebra", "democracy" etc are mental
>> concepts, not "objects". They cannot be classified as "sat" (existent).
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> These fall in the category of kshetram: icchaa dveshah sukham
> duhkham...which are all vishaya to the vishayi the sakshi. All ghaTa jnana,
> specific vishayaka ajnana, samshaya, etc. too are sAkshi pratyaksha and
> have their locus in the antahkarana/manas. Being part of the concocted
> world, they too are concoctions.
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>  कामः सङ्कल्पो विचिकित्सा श्रद्धाश्रद्धा
> धृतिरधृतिर्ह्रीर्धीर्भीरित्येतत्सर्वं मन एव   ...This list, not exhaustive,
> is termed mind itself since they occur in the mind.  Brihadaranyaka
> upanishad.
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In the Brihadaranyaka Bhashya, while expounding on what all go along with
the jiva in transmigration, vidya, learning/knowledge, is also stated.
Explaining that Anandagiri says:



विहिता विद्या ध्यानात्मिका । प्रतिषिद्धा नग्नस्त्रीदर्शनादिरूपा । अविहिता
घटादिविषया । अप्रतिषिद्धा पथि पतिततृणादिविषया । विहितं कर्म यागादि ।
प्रतिषिद्धं ब्रह्महननादि । अविहितं गमनादि । अप्रतिषिद्धं
 नेत्रपक्ष्मविक्षेपादि ।

Faculties like Algebra, etc. come under  अविहिता घटादिविषया ..  Any
knowledge, scriptural or otherwise, ordained or prohibited, acquired by the
jiva, will remain with him and will go with him upon death, and remain in
the subsequent births. All this is located in the antahkaranam and hence
objectified by the witness consciousness.

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>> Regards
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> subbu
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