[Advaita-l] Fwd: Dvaita (Bheda) - Perception of duality - is Aadhyasika - an error and is bondage - Srimad Bhagavatam
V Subrahmanian
v.subrahmanian at gmail.com
Sat Jul 22 05:45:51 EDT 2023
Narada's sermon on Varnashrama Dharma to Yudhishthira has this message:
श्रीमद्भागवतपुराणम्/स्कन्धः ७/अध्यायः १२
https://sa.wikisource.org/s/zh1
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कल्पयित्वाऽऽत्मना यावद् आभासमिदमीश्वरः ।
द्वैतं तावन्न विरमेत् ततो ह्यस्य विपर्ययः ॥ १० ॥
As long as one does not give up distinctions like 'this is a man, this is a
woman', then the superimposition of qualities in those bereft of qualities,
will continue. That is, there is a misunderstanding, viparaya, perceiving
one as the other. One has to let it go through acquiring right knowledge.
Otherwise, bondage will be a never-ending story.
This indicates that the idea of gender, male and female, is not present in
the true nature of the Atman. It is certainly a superimposition, a vision
of error, in the Atman.
Sridhara Swami's commentary is given here:
https://groups.google.com/g/advaitin/c/cgXQK_2brAo
Om
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