[Advaita-l] [advaitin] SSSS on the controversy between mulav7idya and abhavarupa - directly and simply explained as per SSSS

[H S Chandramouli]

Namaste.

Sri SSS adds the following comment against verse 2-179

// [आत्मग्रहणमेव तस्या अनात्मरूपाया रूपम् । अत एव विद्याविरुद्धत्वान
अविद्येति तस्या अपि व्यपदेश इत्यर्थः ॥ ] //.

Regards

On Sat, Aug 24, 2024 at 5:26 PM H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaste Jaishankar Ji,
>
> Interestigly, Sri SSS cites, in his text, वेदान्तप्रक्रियाप्रत्यभिज्ञा
> pages 217-218,  the same TBV shlokas 176 to 179 quoted by you in support of
> his contention that Swami Sureswaracharya also has supported his view that
> avidyA means absence of knowledge.
> Regards
>
> On Sat, Aug 24, 2024 at 6:55 AM Jaishankar Narayanan <jai1971 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Namaste,
>>
>> Looking at the below message from Bhaskar ji now, I want to know how he
>> or SSS interprets the following TUBV verses from Brahmavalli
>>
>> परात्मनोऽप्यनन्तस्य क्षेत्रज्ञत्वमविद्यया ।
>> क्षेत्रज्ञं चापि मां विद्धीत्येवं सत्युपपद्यते ॥ १७५ ॥
>>
>> न जानामीत्यविद्यैकाऽनित्या तत्कारणं मता ।
>> स्वप्रसिद्ध्यैव सा सिध्येन्निशौलूकीव वासरे ॥ १७६ ॥
>>
>> प्रमाणोत्पन्नया दृष्ट्या योऽविद्यां द्रष्टुमिच्चति ।
>> दीपेनासौ ध्रुवं पश्येद् गुहाकुक्षिगतं तमः ॥ १७७ ॥
>>
>> अनात्मेतीह यद्भाति तदविद्याविजृम्भितम् ।
>> तस्मादविद्या साऽप्युक्ता विद्या त्वात्मैकरूपिणी ॥ १७८ ॥
>>
>> आत्माग्रहातिरेकेण तस्या रूपं न विद्यते ।
>> अमित्रवदविद्येति सत्येवं घटते सदा ॥ १७९ ॥
>>
>> Paramatma becomes kshetrajna due to avidya. Avidya is sakshi bhaAsya in
>> the form of 'I do not know' like even the Owl sees the darkness of night as
>> daytime. Avidya cannot be known through pramana as it is like trying to see
>> darkness with the help of a lamp. All anAtma is a projection of avidyA, so
>> it is called avidyA  and vidyA is only in the form of self conscious Atma.
>> It does not exist in any other form other than non apprehension of Atma -
>> it is only tenable if it is said that avidyA is like the term amitra (not
>> friend - which cannot be an abhAva)
>>
>> There cannot be a clearer evidence than the above to prove that
>> Sureshvara and all other Sampradaya Acharyas were talking about avidyA in
>> the same way. SSS followers should not ostracize Sureshvara too :-)
>>
>> Namaste,
>> Jaishankar
>>
>>
>>