[Advaita-l] [advaitin] 'The Jiva is Mithya' - an article in English

[Sudhanshu Shekhar]

Namaste Chandramouli ji.

Please. There is no interruption.


Reg // One does not need to be a great logician to appreciate प्रतिबिम्बो
> बिम्बाभिन्नः, बिम्बाजनकाजन्यत्वात्। It is substantiated by evidence //,
>
> I certainly seem to be missing out on something .
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> Vivarana Prameya Samgraha  (edition with hindi commentary), page 214
> states  //  ….दर्पणेन  चैकमेव मुखबिम्बप्रतिबिम्बरूपेण  विभज्यते …..//,
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> // …..darpaNena  chaikameva mukhabimbapratibimbarUpeNa  vibhajyate….. //,
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> Translation VPS (Prof Suryanarayana Shastri) page 129  // ……and by the
> mirror the face which is but one is divided into prototype and reflection …
> .//.
>
> This appears to be contradictory to the  above copied from your post. Can
> you please clarify.
>

There is nothing contradictory said in VPS. There is mukha-mAtra without
any connection to any upAdhi such as mirror.

I bring in a mirror.

Same mukha is then stated as bimba and Pratibimba on account of
kalpita-upAdhi-sambandha. If the bimba is qualified by this
kalpita-upAdhi-sambandha, it is referred as pratibimba. उपाधिसम्बन्धेन
कल्पितेन विशिष्टस्य बिम्बस्य एव प्रतिबिम्बत्वम् (page 847 - Laghu
chandrika. Old edition).

So, bimba is upahita by upAdhi, whereas pratibimba is vishsishTa by upAdhi.
However, this vishishTa-tA is kalpita. So, the vastu of both bimba and
Pratibimba is same. It is not some new creation like prAtibhAsika AbhAsa.

Let us understand like this. Suppose x has jaundice. So, he sees conch.
Now, white-ness is vyApaka of conch-ness. Wherever there is conch-ness,
there is white-ness. However, he still sees a yellow-conch.

The yellow-conch is analogous to pratibimba in our parlance whereas
white-conch is bimba. They are the same vastu. But due to
kalpita-upAdhi-sambandha, bimba is stated as pratibimba.

So, in mechanism, the chakshu-indriya is reflected backwards by the mirror
and sees the bimba only. Chakshu can see only that which is kept in front
of it. So, in pratibimba-darshan, it is the bimba darshan only. The
opposite-faced-ness etc are on account of upAdhi.

Regards.
Sudhanshu Shekhar.

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