[Advaita-l] [advaitin] 'Avidya' is not 'only' Adhyasa; it's more than that

[H S Chandramouli]

Namaste Sudhanshu Ji,

Is avidyA adhyasta or not?

Is avidyA anAdi or not?

Regards

On Tue, Sep 3, 2024 at 2:33 PM Sudhanshu Shekhar <sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaste Chandramouli ji.
>
> AvidyA is adhyasta in Brahman.
>>
> Any adhyasta entity has avidyA as the cause. If avidyA were to be
> adhyasta, it would require avidyA as the cause. So, AtmAshraya-dosha can be
> alleged by the opponent.
>
>
>
>> Being anAdi it itself does not have a *cause* and is not understood to be
>> *caused*.
>>
> Opponent can argue that if avidyA does not have a cause, then it cannot be
> adhyasta. Because adhyasta entity by definition have a cause.
>
> There is no anyonyAshraya-dosha here. But AtmAshraya-dosha can certainly
> be alleged by the opponent.
>
> The issue is taken up in Samkshepa ShArIraka 1.54 and 1.55.
>
> The advaita-siddhAnta accepts avidyA as swa-para-nirvAhaka. The example
> given is that of bheda. Just as bheda, while differentiating pot and cloth,
> also differentiates itself from pot and cloth, and no AtmAshraya-dosha is
> applicable, similarly avidyA is also swa-para-nirvAhaka.
>
> भेदं च भेद्यं च भिनत्ति भेदो यथैव भेदान्तरमन्तरेण ।
> मोहं च कार्यं च भिनत्ति मोहस्तथैव मोहान्तरमन्तरेण ॥
>
> Thus, the allegation of AtmAshraya-dosha is answered.
>
> Regards.
> Sudhanshu Shekhar.
>
>
>
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