[Advaita-l] some doubts on adhyasa/avidya

[prem d p]

namaste...
   
  dear sri rangarathnam,
   
  your question is very thought provoking and quite original. 
  i would like to add some thoughts of mine to 
  your query and sri sadananda's response to it.
   
  i think it is impossible to have fresh bursts of
avidya against a prevailing continuum of
time. this tells us that the origin is cast off into
a beginningless past. this 'original cause' stands
aloof, mysterious, and beyond grasp. it is
'practically' 'ever-non-existent'.
   
  however, if your question is about discontinuity of time itself, 
  then it is unanswerable because each
stretch of time is beginningless and endless from a
perspective within it.
   
  pranam.
   
  ...prem
  

Ranga Rathnam <sranga2001 at gmail.com> wrote:
  Dear All,

Adhyasa/avidya is variously characterized as natural, beginning less etc.

Does it imply that avidya is acausal?

Is the role of avidya/adhyasa limited to creating a separate jiva? or does
it continue to plague jiva in fresh bursts, instead of letting the jiva run
like a clockwork, once it is created?


S.Rangarathnam
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