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

[H S Chandramouli]

Namaste.

Vedanta paribhasha which is almost exclusively concerned with epistemology
of Advaita Siddhanta is currently considered to be the authority as far as
advaita epistemology is concerned. It is much later to texts like Advaita
Siddhi, Siddhanta Bindu etc wherein also advaitic epistemological issues
are addressed in part. The postulates  expressed in VP are considered to
supercede views expressed in all earlier advaitic texts as far as advaitic
epistemological issues are concerned.

Regards

On Fri, Dec 29, 2023 at 12:06 PM Bhaskar YR via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> The upAsya devatA's body is a mAyika sharIra created on the spot so that
> the upAsaka has the perception of his upAsya. There is a vision and the
> object of the vision.
>
> praNAms
> Hare Krishna
>
> And it will not stop just seeing the mAyika shareera out there!!  The
> upAsya devata's body would interact with the upAsaka, guide him in dharma
> mArga / jnana mArga, distribute the karma phala,  clears the doubt if any
> on his physical presence etc.  Though it is purely individual experience as
> a result of purusha tAntra sAdhana one should agree that upAsya devata
> sAkshAtkAra is the result of karma / ananya bhakti / dhyAna sAdhana and it
> is not as easy as seeing the snake in place of rajju in dim light!! 😊
>
> Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
> bhaskar
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