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

[Venkatraghavan S]

Haha, I guess this is what happens when one places their trust in Sam
Altman over sampradAya!

Regards
Venkatraghavan

On Sun, 6 Jul 2025, 09:56 Sudhanshu Shekhar, <sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaste Jaishankar ji and Michael ji.
>
> 🪙 4. Śaṅkara Explicitly Denies Bhāvarūpatva of Avidyā
>>>
>>> This is the death blow to the opponent’s position.
>>>
>>> In *Brahmasūtra Bhāṣya 2.1.14*, Śaṅkara says:
>>>
>>> *"nāvidyā nāma kaścid vastusvabhāvaḥ..."*
>>> "There is no such thing as avidyā having an essential nature
>>> (vastu-svarūpa)."
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>
> 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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