[Advaita-l] some doubts on adhyasa/avidya

[Ranga Rathnam]

Pranams Sri Sadananda,

      I am trying to understand the nitty-grittys of Sri Adisankara's
philosophy, so that I have  a mental map of what constitutes the primitives
and superstructure of the system

On 6/3/07, kuntimaddi sadananda <kuntimaddisada at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Shree RAnga Ratnam - PraNAms.
>
> Please note that cause-effect relations are with the
> real of time.

                  Yes, I understand that.

adhyaasa that arise due to avidya has to be anaadi or
> beginningless


                  I can connect with that also. My understanding is 'Has
Avidya a beginning?' should not be asked or should be 'unasked'.

since if it has beginning then one
> should have been knowledgeable before avidya began.
> One is knowledgeable cannot become ignorant again- if
> that happens it would also set up cyclic process of
> knowledgable-ignorent-knowledgable etc.  Then moksha
> has no meaning.


                    That is fine as long as  knowledge is with a capital K.
In everyday transactional  (vyavaharika)  reality
knowledge-ignorance-knowledge is the norm. So now my problem is, what does
the term avidya signify? Is it just the belief that 'I am different from
Brahman' or the whole set of beliefs which constitute my belief system at
this instant ( and every other instant in the future)?

anaadi avidya and anaadi jiiva notions are
> interdependent like seed and a plant. Is it causal or
> acasual - all one can say is it is inexplicable or
> anirvacaniiyam.
>
> avidya exists only in the realm of vyavahaara and in
> the transcendental state (beyond the cause-effect)
> there is only existence-consciousness that I am.
>
>
> Hari Om!
> Sadananda




With regards,
S.Rangarathnam