[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Meaning of Mahavakya 'Prajnanam Brahma' - Shivapurana

[sunil bhattacharjya]

Dear Subbuji

You will be surprised to hear that the oldest sutras in the Mahayana
Buddhism are the Prjnanaparamita sutras. Paramprajna is ParamBrahma.

My 2 cents
Sunil KB

On Wed, Jun 7, 2023 at 1:16 AM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> शिवपुराणम्/संहिता ६ (कैलाससंहिता)/अध्यायः १६
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> *प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्मवाक्ये* तु प्रज्ञानार्थः प्रदृश्यते ।।४३।।
> प्रज्ञानशब्दश्चैतन्यपर्य्यायस्स्यान्न संशयः ।।
> *चैतन्यमात्मेति* मुने शिवसूत्रं प्रवर्त्तितम् ।। ४४ ।।
> चैतन्यमिति विश्वस्य सर्वज्ञानक्रियात्मकम् ।।
> *स्वातन्त्र्यं तत्स्वभावो यः स आत्मा परिकीर्त्तितः* ।। ४५ ।।
> This is the Mahavakya of the Aitareya Upanishad of the Rigveda. It teaches
> that Pure Consciousness is Brahman.
> The Upanishads treat us as Consciousness, sentient beings and not as
> inert. Brahman is also considered by the Upanishads to be Consciousness,
> sentient and not inert. The Upanishads teach that the Atman is Brahman. The
> same meaning is stated in the Shiva Purana.
> The inert body, the organs and Prana – all of which function under the
> borrowed sentience of Chaitanya. But Chaitanya has no controller because it
> is not inert. The rule is: Only the inert needs the niyamana, control,
> impelling, by Chaitanya.
> When the Jiva realizes that he is not body, organs, mind, prana complex,
> he realizes that he is solely Consciousness. This Chaitanya is not
> subservient to anything. This is because as per the above rule, there is no
> inert element in Consciousness and hence no need of any external
> controller.
> This is what the Shiva Purana teaches. The above teaching of the Shiva
> Purana is admissible only in Advaita.
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