[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Re: Avidya is virodha or abhava 3 - "All types of abhAva are also bhAvarUpa only"

[Sudhanshu Shekhar]

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> Namaste Jaishankar ji and Michael ji.

🪙 4. Śaṅkara Explicitly Denies Bhāvarūpatva of Avidyā
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>> This is the death blow to the opponent’s position.
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>> In *Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya 2.1.14*, Śaṅkara says:
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>> *"nāvidyā nāma kaścid vastusvabhāvaḥ..."*
>> "There is no such thing as avidyā having an essential nature
>> (vastu-svarūpa)."
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>> The above quote is not present anywhere in Brahmasutra. AI is known to
> generate fake content but you are posting here without verifying
> it yourself. In fact BS Bh 2.1.14 is one of the clinching Bhashyas for
> MulAvidyA being bIjashakti and it being non different from mAyA.  Please
> post your own content here and not copy paste from AI. You may use AI for
> your own understanding but verify everything and present your own
> understanding.
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This is another level of discussion really. 😃

Recently there was a case where a tax tribunal passed order in which it
quoted Supreme Court decisions in support of their ruling as a binding
precedent. And it was later pointed out by some affected parties that those
decisions were never given by Supreme Court. It turned out that the
tribunal had relied on Chatgpt.

I think the use of ChatGPT is welcome. But cutting-pasting the response of
ChatGPT in a discussion, and expecting a reply thereto, without having at
least verified the comment - is not welcome. To me, it seems a disrespect
to the hard work the members put in to write their informed comments.

It is easy to put forth the response of ChatGPT as a comment. It does not
require any hard work. But to write a comment with due deliberation and
application of mind requires not only hard work and time, but also a
feeling of care, love and respect the writer has towards the questioner.
These subtle virtues are missing if one reproduces the comment of ChatGPT.

Regards.
Sudhanshu Shekhar.

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