[Advaita-l] What is the difference between Maya and avidhya ?

Ravi Kiran ravikiranm108 at gmail.com
Thu Aug 11 04:35:07 CDT 2016


On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 1:37 PM, Ramachandra Achar <
ramachandraachar2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> If Maya is avidhya kalpita,then u accept the existence of avidhya right?
>

Existence is always of the Self, (ekam eva advitIyam)

सदेव सोम्येदमग्र आसीदेकमेवाद्वितीयम् ।

It is said in Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, for a knower of Brahman everything
has become the Self..

यत्र वा अस्य सर्वमात्माइवाभूत्तत्केन कं जिघ्रेत्, तत्केन कं पश्येत्, तत्केन
कं शृणुयत्, तत्केन कमभिवदेत्, तत्केन कं मन्वीत, तत्केन कं विजानीयात्?
येनेदम् सर्वं विजानाति, तं केन विजानीयात्? विज्ञातारम् अरे केन विजानीयादिति

Because when there is duality, as it were, then one smells something, one
sees something, one hears something, one speaks something, one thinks
something, one knows something. (But) *when to the knower of Brahman
everything has become the Self*, then what should one smell and through
what, what should one see and through what, what should one hear and
through what, what should one speak and through what, what should one think
and through what, what should one know and through what? Through what
should one know That owing to which all this is known—through what, O
Maitreyī, should one know the Knower ? ( trans: Swami Madhavananda)

@subbu sir,
> agnana is not only vyvaharika,because to come from paramarthika to
> vyvaharika also.....there is need of agnana....So,agnana is not only
> vyvaharika
>
> On 11 Aug 2016 1:26 p.m., "Ravi Kiran" <ravikiranm108 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 9:08 AM, Ramachandra Achar via Advaita-l <
>> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Sir,
>>>
>>>        Advaita don't accept the existence of Maya ,as it is the result of
>>> agjnana.....
>>>
>>> But they have to accept the existence of agjnana ,as a result there
>>> exists
>>> two things jgnana (brahman) and agjnana (Maya)....
>>>
>>
>> From Advaitic view, such notion itself is अविद्याकल्पिताः (conjured up
>> by ignorance)
>>
>> न तु परमार्थत आत्मव्यतिरेकेणास्ति किञ्चित् ( In paramArtha, there is
>> nothing but the "Self" alone)
>>
>>
>>
>>> So, advaita or non-duality is lost right?
>>>
>>> On 9 Aug 2016 11:50 p.m., "vaidehi chaitanya" <
>>> vaidehi.chaitanya at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > maya and avidhya are one and the same. yogavashistha clearly says that
>>> > maya, avidhya, ahankar, manas, are not different from each other at
>>> all,
>>> > expressed differently.
>>> >
>>> > Applying a simple logic :
>>> >
>>> >  avidhya = ahankara.
>>> > ahankara = manas
>>> >  manas= maya
>>> > avidhya = maya
>>> >
>>> > this very logical rendering is also maya and avidhya   as Goudapada
>>> > refutes the very logic to show the Truth Ultimate as even beyond
>>> advaita
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > hari om
>>> >
>>> > vaidehi chaitanya
>>> >
>>> > ;
>>> >
>>> > On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 9:45 PM, Ramachandra Achar via Advaita-l <
>>> > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Namaskaaram,
>>> >>
>>> >>               Can anyone tell the difference between Maya and avidhya
>>> of
>>> >> advaita?
>>> >>
>>> >> Regards,
>>> >> Ramachandra
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