[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Re: avidyA is adhyasta (superimposed) in AtmA

[Sudhanshu Shekhar]

Namaste Jaishankar ji.

Sureshvara in NS 3.60 introduction -
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> एवं तावत् अविद्योंत्थस्य अन्तःकरणस्य बाह्यविषयनिमित्तरूपावच्छेदाय
> अहंवृत्तिः व्याप्रियते
> evaṃ tāvat avidyoṃtthasya antaḥkaraṇasya bāhyaviṣayanimittarūpāvacchedāya
> ahaṃvṛttiḥ vyāpriyate
>
> Mind is a product of ignorance is clearly stated by Sureashvaracharya here.
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One can produce the following bhAshya-vAkya from taittirIya 2.8.5 -
विवेकाविवेकौ रूपादिवत् प्रत्यक्षावुपलभ्येते अन्तःकरणस्थौ ।  - to claim that
avidyA is antah-karaNa-stha.

However, as you clearly pointed that NS says that antah-karaNa is born from
avidyA, there is no room for any doubt in this regard.

The bhAshya-vAkya is thus explained as under - since there is
ajnAna-Ashrayatva in shuddha chaitanya AND there is tAdAtmya-adhyAsa of
antah-karaNa with shuddha-chaitanya, HENCE, ajnAna-Ashrayatva seems to the
dharma of antah-karaNa owing to adhyAsa. Advaita Siddhi explains it - न
च–अहमर्थस्याज्ञानानाश्रयत्वेन कथमयं प्रत्ययो भावरूपाज्ञानपक्षे उपपद्यत इति
वाच्यम् । अज्ञानाश्रयीभूतचैतन्ये अन्तःकरणतादात्म्याध्यासेन
एकाश्रयत्वसंबन्धेनोपपत्तेः ।

Thanks for NS 3.60 which clinches this issue that antah-karaNa cannot be
the Ashraya of ajnAna because it is ajnAna-uttha.

Regards.
Sudhanshu Shekhar.