[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Gaudapada and Shankara hold the waking objects to be mithya

[sreenivasa murthy]

 Dear Sri Subramanian and other learned mrmbers of this group,

I have no clear idea about who a Jnani is and who an ajnani is.I request you all to help me by clearly revealing the answer to the above.With respectful pranams,Sreenivasa Murthy

    On Wednesday, 26 July, 2023 at 10:51:35 pm IST, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 In the Karika: 2.6  it is stated that 'that which is nonexistent at the beginning and also at the end, is so even in the middle'.  They are akin to mithya objects but appear to be real.  In the Bhashya, Shankara adds: they are perceived to be existent by the ignorant, mooDha..  What are they ignorant of? They are ignorant of the Atma. Thus, for Gaudapada and Shankara the waking world is perceived and believed to be real only by ajnanis.   Jnanis hold it to be mithya. 
आदावन्ते च यन्नास्ति वर्तमानेऽपि तत्तथा ।
वितथैः सदृशाः सन्तोऽवितथा इव लक्षिताः ॥ ६ ॥
इतश्च वैतथ्यं जाग्रद्दृश्यानां भेदानाम् आद्यन्तयोरभावात् , यदादावन्ते च नास्ति वस्तु मृगतृष्णिकादि, तन्मध्येऽपि नास्तीति निश्चितं लोके ; तथेमे जाग्रद्दृश्या भेदाः आद्यन्तयोरभावात् वितथैरेव मृगतृष्णिकादिभिः सदृशत्वाद्वितथा एव ; तथापि अवितथा इव लक्षिता मूढैरनात्मविद्भिः ॥
Om tat sat

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