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

[H S Chandramouli]

avidyA is anAdi, jnAna-abhAva  are anAdi simultaneously.

Regards

On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 6:05 PM H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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