[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Kilogram not yet concluded after all

[Michael Chandra Cohen]

Namaste Sudhanshuji,

No need now for evidence. It is clear to me our understanding of mithya is
the issue. 'Mithya is mulavidya' is not the same as 'mulavidya is mithya.'
Mithya is false; false what? false error, mithya adhyasa or false fact,
mithya ajnana/mulavidya. 'False fact' because mulavidya survives the fall
of adhyasa; because mulavidya is the cause of mind in DSV; because
mulavidya is taken to be something other than Brahman.

Saying mulavidya is adhyasta only confuses the conversation because it
assumes two adhyasa-s. I can't think of anywhere Bhasyakara refers to karya
adhyasa but I could be wrong - new call for evidence.

and btw, absence and darkness are buddhi only - the only bhavarupa of
buddhi is Atma. The bhavarupa of absence of jar is the svarupa of jar which
is only Atma. The point of satkaryavada is to distinguish Existence from
existence/non-existence. Darkness as a bhavarupa does not denote a physical
fact.

Regards,
Michael
p.s. server issue with Advaita-l hence the duplication - apologies

On Fri, Sep 6, 2024 at 9:20 AM Sudhanshu Shekhar <sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaste Michael ji.
>
> I asked for the counter-evidence not gratuitously but for a good reason.
>
> Anyway, let it be.
>
> 1. MUlAvidyA is mithyA. adhyasta and mithyA are same. If x is mithyA, x is
> adhyasta.
>
> 2. There are two adhyAsa. KAraNa-adhyAsa and kArya-adhyAsa. The adhyAsa
> wherein avidyA is adhyasta is called kAraNa-adhyAsa. The same is well
> mentioned in all texts.
>
> You are seeking for evidence where it is said that avidyA is adhyasta. It
> is in every text everywhere. It is the very fundamental of Advaita.
>
> That is why I was curious that how even this doubt arose that avidyA
> cannot be adhyasta.
>
> In any case, please let me know the texts which are acceptable to you as
> sufficient evidence.
>
> Regards.
>
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