[Advaita-l] [advaitin] The Upanishad and Shankara hold 'tamas' darkness, to be a 'thing.'

[Sudhanshu Shekhar]

लोकेशवर्य,

तमसो भावत्वमेव अभिप्रेतमासीत्। न तस्य पृथिवीविकारत्वं युज्यते, मूलप्रकृतेः
साक्षादुत्पत्तित्वात्।

On Fri, Aug 30, 2024 at 5:23 PM Lokesh Sharma via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> श्रीमन् सुधांशुवर्य
>
> भावत्वं तमस अवश्यं स्वीकृतं स्यात् । न तत्र आपत्तिं करोमि । किन्तु भवता
> उक्तं यत् तमः पार्थिवं वर्तते । एतस्य प्रमाणं न पश्यामि ।
>
> यावत् मम अवगमनं वर्तते भावत्वं नाम पार्थिवं न । सुखमपि एक भावः ।
> रागद्वेषोत्साहमानहर्षादि अपि भावत्वेन स्वीक्रीयते यद्यपि तानि
> पार्थिववस्तूनि न सन्ति ।
>
> ॐ
>
> On Fri, Aug 30, 2024, 5:15 PM लोकेश <lokeshh.sharma at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > श्रीमन् सुधांशुवर्य
> >
> > भावत्वं तमस अवश्यं स्वीकृतं स्यात् । न तत्र आपत्तिं करोमि । किन्तु भवता
> > उक्तं यत् तमः पार्थिवं वर्तते । एतस्य प्रमाणं न पश्यामि ।
> >
> > यावत् मम अवगमनं वर्तते भावत्वं नाम पार्थिवं न । सुखमपि एक भावः ।
> > रागद्वेषोत्साहमानहर्षादि अपि भावत्वेन स्वीक्रीयते यद्यपि तानि
> > पार्थिववस्तूनि न सन्ति ।
> >
> > ॐ
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 30, 2024, 5:03 PM Sudhanshu Shekhar <
> sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> हरि ॐ लोकेशवर्य,
> >>
> >> तमसो भावरूपत्वमद्वैतवेदान्ते भाष्यवचनैः पुनश्च प्रमाणैरपि सुष्ठु
> >> प्रतिष्ठितं वर्तते। भाष्यवचनानि तु अत्रैव सुब्रह्मण्यमवर्यैः प्रथमसंदेशे
> >> प्रदत्तानि। प्रमाणानां जिज्ञासा यदि भवत्सु विद्यते तर्हि विवरणादयो
> ग्रन्था
> >> भवद्भिरवलोकनीयाः।
> >>
> >> अत्रेदं उल्लेखनीयं यत् न केवले अद्वैतवेदान्ते परं तु माध्वाचार्याणां
> >> रामानुजाचार्याणां चापि मते तमसो भावरूपत्वं स्वीकृतमेव वर्तते।
> >>
> >> सुधांशु
> >>
> >> On Fri, Aug 30, 2024 at 4:45 PM लोकेश <lokeshh.sharma at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> नमस्ते श्रीमन् सुधांशु
> >>>
> >>> > Further, it does appear prima facie a bit hard to a modern educated
> >>> person to accept that darkness is some material thing like table and
> chair.
> >>> I also had struggled a lot with this concept.
> >>>
> >>> एष निर्णयः भवता कुतः कृतः यत् तम इति अद्वैतसिद्धान्ते पार्थिवं वस्तु
> >>> (material thing) वर्तते ?
> >>>
> >>> स्वस्तिरस्तु
> >>>
> >>> On Friday, August 30, 2024 at 1:31:41 PM UTC+5:30 sudhans... at gmail.com
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Namaste Chandramouli ji.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> Reg // So, what objection can probably arise against its
> >>>>> pramAtri-vedyatva? //,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Because, for sense of sight to be functional, presence of light is
> >>>>> compulsory.
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Nice point. I will check and get back on the issue after due
> >>>> application of mind.
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards.
> >>>> Sudhanshu Shekhar.
> >>>>
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