[Advaita-l] धीः and चैतन्यम्

[V Subrahmanian]

2015-07-14 10:24 GMT+05:30 Durga Janaswamy via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>:

> Hari Om,
> Namaste.
>
> कामः सङ्कल्पो विचिकित्सा श्रद्धाश्रद्धा
> धृतिरधृतिर्ह्रीर्धीर्भीरित्येतत्सर्वं मन एव    (बृहदारण्यकोपनिषद्1.5.3)
> These are qualities of mind.   Bhagawan Sankaracharya says धीः   as
>  प्रज्ञा in the bhashya.
>
> Please elaborate the word  धीः.
> What are the similarities and dissimilarities between  धीः  and   चैतन्यम्
> ?
>

धीः is generally buddhi. In one place Shankara explains धीमान् as
बुद्धिमान्. Here is another example from  Br.up. 4.4.29 bhashyam:

तमेव *धीरो* विज्ञाय प्रज्ञां कुर्वीत ब्राह्मणः ।
नानुध्यायाद्बहूञ्छब्दान्वाचो विग्लापनं हि तदिति ॥ २१ ॥
भाष्यम्
तम् ईदृशमात्मानमेव, *धीरः धीमान्* विज्ञाय उपदेशतः शास्त्रतश्च,

चैतन्यम् is Pure Consciousness.  धीः can be differentiated from the earlier
word as chaitanyam with some object, that is, vṛtti jnānam.

Here is another example to appreciate  the word 'dhīḥ, from the Panchadashi
8.1:

खादित्यदीपिते कुड्ये दर्पणादित्यदीप्तिवत् ।
 कूटस्थभासितो देहो *धीस्थजीवेन* भास्यते ॥ १॥

1. Just as a wall illumined by the rays of the sun is more illumined when
the light of the sun reflected in a mirror falls on it, so the body
illumined by Kutastha is more illumined *by the light of Kutastha reflected
in the intellect (Chidabhasa).*

Here 'dhīḥ' means 'mind/manas/buddhi. The chaitanyam reflected in the
buddhi (dhīḥ) is called chidābhāsa, jīva.

regards
vs

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> Is there any tool where I can convert the Devanagari script into
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>
> Thank you and regards
> -- durga prasad
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