[Advaita-l] Fwd: [advaitin] How jnAnAbhAva can cause adhyAsa !!??

[H S Chandramouli]

Overlooked by mistake

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From: H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] [advaitin] How jnAnAbhAva can cause adhyAsa !!??
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Namaste Sudhanshu Ji,

The entire edifice of Creation stands on the fundamental  foundation of
*absence of knowledge* (partial though) of the true nature of
Chaitanya/Brahman/Atman, with or without an obstacle or a veiling. Hence
the doubt is valid.

Regards

On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 5:39 PM Sudhanshu Shekhar <sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Respected Chandramouli ji.
>
> I hope this does not sound like the famous story of a person who after
>> listening to Ramayana the whole night, asked in the morning what is the
>> relation between Rama and Sita.
>>
>
> Not at all. The topic is deep enough. And I don't mind even if it amounts
> to going to the first post (though in the instant case it is not).
>
>
>> Does any of this apply to anAdi jnAnAbhAva?.  JnAnAbhAva understood as
>> *absence of knowledge*. Even just a yes or no answer would suffice for me.
>> I wont indulge in a debate.
>>
>
> jnAna-abhAva present in sushupti is jnAna-mAtra-abhava. It is neither
> anAdi nor endless. It is present only in sushupti. It is absent in waking
> and dream. In waking and dream, there are vishesha-jnAna-abhAva, which
> again are with beginning and end being localized to waking and dream.
>
> While avidyA is anAdi, jnAna-abhAva is not anAdi. I cannot give yes/no
> answer because there is nothing like "anAdi jnAnAbhAva" as far as my
> knowledge goes. I will be happy to be corrected, as always.
>
> Regards.
> Sudhanshu Shekhar.
>
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