[Advaita-l] ***UNCHECKED*** Fwd: A comparative analysis of drishTi-srishTi-vAda and srishTi-drishTi-vAda

[V Subrahmanian]

On Thu, Sep 7, 2023 at 6:40 AM Sudhanshu Shekhar <sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaste V Subramanian ji.
>
> Yes. It is well understood that Buddhism does not admit of eternal Atman.
> And that such eternal Atman is to be known through Upanishads only.
>
> However, the point of contention here is -- as mentioned in 4.26, it is
> the chitta itself which appears as
> bAhya-artha-AbhAsa.नाप्यर्थाभासश्चित्तात्पृथक् । चित्तमेव हि
> घटाद्यर्थवदवभासते यथा स्वप्ने
>
> VijnAnavAda holds that there is no bAhya-artha. There is
> bAhya-artha-AbhAsa and that is chitta itself.
>

Namaste

I cited the Karika and bhashya for the 'bahyArtha not being accepted by
both Advaitins and Bauddhas' as stated by the Bhashya:

 *यद्यपि बाह्यार्थनिराकरणं ज्ञानमात्रकल्पना च अद्वयवस्तुसामीप्यमुक्तम् ।

regards
subbu



> This has been admitted by Advaita, is my view, as seen from 4.28 bhAshya
> -- यस्मादसत्येव घटादौ घटाद्याभासता चित्तस्य विज्ञानवादिना अभ्युपगता,
> तदनुमोदितमस्माभिरपि भूतदर्शनात्.
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> Is there any error in this view?
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> This matches completely with drishTi-srishTi-vAda which holds
> drishTi-eva-srishTi.
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> Regards.
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