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

[V Subrahmanian]

Very interesting observation Praveen Ji, this theme of Brahman alone due to
avidya assuming jivabhaava meaning bandha, and giving up that bhaava alone
constituting mukti is stated by Bhashyakara several times can be seen here.
A study of those instances constitutes a very valuable manana exercise:

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Warm regards
subbu

On Sun, 23 Jul 2023, 7:14 am Praveen R. Bhat, <bhatpraveen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Namaste Venkatji,
>
> On Sun, Jul 23, 2023 at 6:31 AM Venkatraghavan S <agnimile at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Please go back and re-read what has been written - "no jIva was ever
>> born" does not mean "there was no jIva".
>>
>> Existence cannot have birth. That certainly does not mean it is
>> non-existence.
>>
> I agree. That is why jIva and saMsAra although both are seen as different
> from brahma in baddhAvasthA, in mukti, I like to see it as saMsAra goes
> away, because it is an appearance of brahma, but jIva doesn't go away,
> being brahma complete. Only jIvatva, meaning jIvabhAva goes away. There is
> a certain subtlety there, IMO, but very important.
>
> gurupAdukAbhyAm,
> --Praveen R. Bhat
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