[Advaita-l] ***UNCHECKED*** Re: [advaitin] Re: pratiyogI-jnAna being mandatory for abhAva-jnAna

[Venkatraghavan S]

Namaste Bhaskar ji,
Ok, I understand what you are saying. Thanks.

I don't think the topic of this thread is whether avidyA is jnAna abhAva or
something else.

Regards,
Venkatraghavan


On Thu, 1 Aug 2024, 12:40 Bhaskar YR, <bhaskar.yr at hitachienergy.com> wrote:

> praNAms Sri Venkataraghavan prabhuji
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> Hare Krishna
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> You observed : , but the vAkya has no object corresponding to it
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>    - Like this, I said,  the compound word ‘jnAnAbhAva’ has not
>    corresponding object in our mind.  Whereas in mithyAjnAna we have sarpa
>    rUpa in our intellect, and in satya darshana rajju jnAna in our intellect
>    whereas when we talk about jnAnAbhAva there is no corresponding or
>    respective vrutti in mind.  Whether they be the thoughts of vidyA or
>    thoughts (misconceptions) of avidyA both have corresponding vrutti rUpa
>    jnAna whereas when we are talking about jnAnAbhAva it is just an excuse in
>    a pretext to show adhyAsa but definitely not in the sense that avidyA is
>    the cause of adhyAsa  and this objectively existing avidyA is the upAdAna
>    or nimitta.  It is only gives room for misconception.  Just like an : idle
>    brain is devil’s workshop, when we have the abhAva of svarUpa jnAna all
>    sorts of misconceptions we entertain ourselves but certainly this abhAva is
>    not the material cause for this misconception.  Lack of owner’s presence in
>    an empty house may cause strangers occupancies. That does not mean absence
>    of owner is the upAdAna kAraNa for these occupancies.  The absence here is
>    just an excuse, a pretext.  I think this is the relevance I have seen with
>    your above statement.  Anyway, I am OK if you disagree with it 😊
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> Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
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> bhaskar
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