[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Shankara compares and contrasts Prātibhāsika, Vyāhārika and Pāramārthika

[Venkatraghavan S]

Namaste Michael,

Thanks, but I am not interested in continuing a discussion where a person
makes erroneous assumptions about my position and then concludes that what
follows from such a position is wrong.

Illogical and anirmoksha you say? So be it.

Regards,
Venkatraghavan


On Sat, 31 Jan 2026, 23:00 Michael Chandra Cohen, <
michaelchandra108 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Venkataraghavan sir,
> SSS's only interest is presenting PTB as intended. Further, purvapaksa
> based on tarka and sabda is the traditional manana to arrive at that
> intention. There is no one to converted here - we all have the same
> interest. However, endowing vyvarhara with a relative reality is contrary
> to PTB, illogical and an anirmoksa position, as SSS points out.🙏
>
> On Sat, Jan 31, 2026 at 9:18 AM Sudhanshu Shekhar <
> sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Namaste Michael ji.
>>
>> It is not true that I have not studied PSA - I have not studied like you
>>> have no doubt but that is hardly the point.
>>>
>>
>> The tell me, how do you agree with Dr Hegde that PSA postulate the
>> ontological reality for world without any standpoint. I have given citation
>> of PanchadashI and Tejobindu commentary which clearly postulate that
>> avidyA/world are mithyA from avidyA-drishTi, and tuchchhA from
>> Brahma-drishTi. There are hundreds other supporting citations. I don't want
>> to flood the mail. It is actually common sense. Snake is illusory from the
>> frame of reference of non-rope. Snake is tuchchha from
>> rope-frame-of-reference.
>>
>> How can you not know this basic postulate of PSA and venture to refute
>> them by relying on half-baked articles of Dr Hegde and incorrect
>> understanding of SSSS ji.
>>
>> Just appreciate what you are doing. In the name of some
>> shuddha-ShAnkara-prakriyA, you are contradicting common sense as well as
>> omniscient SAyaNAchArya, the commentator of VedAs. For what purpose? For
>> what use?
>>
>>
>> Regards.
>> Sudhanshu Shekhar.
>>
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