[Advaita-l] [advaitin] mUlAvidyA adhyastha or anadhyastha??

[V Subrahmanian]

  I don't think any sane Advaitin would ever say avidya is as real as
Brahman. To even suppose such a situation is far fetched.

Praveen ji, it is interesting to note that conversation on avidya being
caused.

Warm regards
subbu

On Thu, Jul 20, 2023, 9:11 PM Praveen R. Bhat <bhatpraveen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Namaste Subbuji,
>
> However, I would be surprised if SSS or anyone else said that avidyA is
> avidyAkRta, as that would have anavasthAdoSha. Such things are best left
> unsaid. I recall a discussion with our Gurukula's Acharya where we were
> discussing words used to explain avidyA/mAyA and I was countering as to why
> say mAyA is adhyasthA? He saw my natural AkAMkShA question that would
> follow and said immediately, you shouldn't ask "kena adhyasthA?" (After
> some hours of prodding into it through vyAkaraNa, I saw some differences in
> dhAtus in used to shun this kind of question, specifically the sthA dhAtu
> which is akarmaka).
>
> kAryAnumeyA mAyA, avidyA is anumeya from the perspective of the kArya.
>
> PS: Good to see Purnanandiyatika is also on Advaita Sharada now. Thanks @Yogananda
> CS <sriranga.yoga at gmail.com> ji and team.
>
> gurupAdukAbhyAm
> --Praveen R. Bhat
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>
> On Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 6:41 AM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> There are many commentators who have held that ajnana is mithya, that is
>> ajnana is adhyasta and therefore not real, like rajjusarpa:
>>
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