[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Question on Sankhya prakruti versus Advaita maya from Vedanta Paribhasha

[Vikram Jagannathan]

Could you please clarify or direct me further?

On Sun, Feb 11, 2024 at 12:54 PM Vikram Jagannathan <vikkyjagan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaskaram Shri Bhaskar ji,
>
> Thank you for your response. The last statement that Chaitanya (pure
> sentience) is the only sentient entity and whatever appears to be other
> than sentience is mithya and insentient - is my current understanding. But
> I am not able to understand Swamiji's statement.
>
>
> Namaskaram Shri Chandramouli ji,
>
> Thank you for your directions. I read through the mentioned sutras and
> also associated relevant sutras. Unless I missed something I did not see
> any reference to Prakruti or Maya being sentient. The closest is that Maya
> is the divine power of Isvara, similar to Shri Bhaskar ji's opinion. Could
> you clarify or direct me further?
>
> Thank you!
>
> prostrations,
> Vikram
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 10, 2024 at 4:46 AM H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Namaste Vikram Ji,
>>
>> Please refer BSB 1-4-3. I think your question is answered there.
>>
>> You may also  like to refer to BSB 1-4-8 for a discussion on the Sv. Up
>> mantra referred to in the Foot Note in VP mentioned by you.
>>
>> Regards
>>
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>> On Thu, Feb 8, 2024 at 11:34 PM Vikram Jagannathan <vikkyjagan at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Namaskaram all,
>>>
>>> I have a question regarding note#9 on page#41 in the English translation
>>> of Vedanta Paribhasha (Advaita Ashrama edition - fourteenth reprint).
>>>
>>> There is a sentence in the footnote where Swamiji says "If the Sankhyan
>>> view of Prakrti is modified so as to make it sentient and dependant on God,
>>> then Vedanta will have no objection to accepting it as a synonym of maya."
>>>
>>> I understand the relationship of dependence, but I do not understand the
>>> usage and context of the word 'sentient' with respect to prakruti or maya.
>>> Is Prakruti or Maya in Advaita considered to be sentient? Could someone
>>> please clarify this point?
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>>
>>> prostrations,
>>> Vikram
>>>
>>>
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