[Advaita-l] The perceptible world is not absolutely real - Srimad Bhagavatam

[V Subrahmanian]

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> One of the statements of Yama in this chapter:
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> सप्तमः स्कन्धः - अथ द्वितीयोऽध्यायः
> यथा मनोरथः स्वप्नः सर्वमैन्द्रियकं मृषा ॥४८॥
> Just as manoratha (imagination that is indulged in the waking) and dream
> are not real, so also this world which is perceived through all senses is
> not absolutely real.
> अथ नित्यमनित्यं वा नेह शोचन्ति तद्विदः ।
> Because of this, the wise do not grieve over anything, whether long
> standing or short-lived.
> नान्यथा शक्यते कर्तृं स्वभावः शोचतामिति ॥४९॥
> Because there is a rule that what is born must die.
> We know from this saying of the Bhagavatam: The world is akin to dream,
> not real like the proverbial castle in the air. This premise stated by Veda
> Vyasa in the Bhagavatam is accepted with no compromise only in Advaita.
> This premise is contradictory to the doctrinal beliefs of other schools.
> See Sridhara Swami's commentary here:
> https://groups.google.com/g/advaitin/c/8uCaO1Qdov0
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