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

[Ananta Chaitanya [Sarasvati]]

Apologies again. I didn't realise that Advaita list was also on the reply
which stopped my mail due to attachment. Here is a link instead...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XBSv2ZO_4lvW-DUDQVwwUm8wryRxveBG/view?usp=drivesdk

Kind rgds,
--Ananta Chaitanya
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On Tue, Jan 14, 2025, 6:39 PM Ananta Chaitanya [Sarasvati] <
bhatpraveen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry the quote was incomplete... it should have read
>
> Quote
> "natural tendency *of the mind* to superimpose the self and not-self on
> each other"
> //Unquote
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 14, 2025, 6:36 PM Ananta Chaitanya [Sarasvati] <
> bhatpraveen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Namaste Sudhanshuji, Jaishankarji,
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 14, 2025, 5:34 PM Sudhanshu Shekhar <sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Namaste Jaishankar ji.
>>>
>>> Sureshvara in NS 3.60 introduction -
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> एवं तावत् अविद्योंत्थस्य अन्तःकरणस्य बाह्यविषयनिमित्तरूपावच्छेदाय
>>>> अहंवृत्तिः व्याप्रियते
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mind is a product of ignorance is clearly stated by Sureashvaracharya
>>>> here.
>>>>
>>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>> Thanks for NS 3.60 which clinches this issue that antah-karaNa cannot be
>>> the Ashraya of ajnAna because it is ajnAna-uttha.
>>>
>>
>> SSS doesn't have any issue with such logical inconsistencies or
>> impossibilities as pointed out by Ramaji long back in his white paper on
>> SSS, also discussed on Advaita-L, that the latter interprets the naisargika
>> anyonya adhyAsa of AtmA and anAtmA in adhyAsa bhAShya to mean:
>>
>> //Quote
>> "natural tendency *of the mind* to superimpose the self and not-self"
>> //Unquote
>>
>> For those who missed the paper, it is attached herewith.
>>
>>
>>>