[Advaita-l] Shankara and DrishTi-SrishTi vAda

V Subrahmanian v.subrahmanian at gmail.com
Sat May 7 05:17:48 CDT 2016


In yet another place Shankara says the world of waking, that is the world
'created' by the sequence of ether, air, etc. which some consider 'Ishvara
krta' prapancha, is also mayamatram:

BSB 3.2.4:

पारमार्थिकस्तु नायं सन्ध्याश्रयः सर्गः वियदादिसर्गवत् —
इत्येतावत्प्रतिपाद्यते ; न च वियदादिसर्गस्याप्यात्यन्तिकं सत्यत्वमस्ति ;
प्रतिपादितं हि ‘तदनन्यत्वमारम्भणशब्दादिभ्यः’ (ब्र. सू. २-१-१४)
<http://advaitasharada.sringeri.net/php/format.php?bhashya=BS&page=02&hval=%E2%80%98%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%83%E2%80%99%20(%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0.%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82.%20%E0%A5%A8-%E0%A5%A7-%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AA)#BS_C02_S01_V14>
इत्यत्र
समस्तस्य प्रपञ्चस्य मायामात्रत्वम् । प्राक् तु ब्रह्मात्मत्वदर्शनात्
वियदादिप्रपञ्चो व्यवस्थितरूपो भवति ; सन्ध्याश्रयस्तु प्रपञ्चः प्रतिदिनं
बाध्यते — इत्यतो वैशेषिकमिदं सन्ध्यस्य मायामात्रत्वमुदितम् ॥ ४ ॥

First Shankara distinguishes the waking world from the dream world and
later asserts that they are non-different. He also reiterates here, that
the waking world is 'in order' only prior to Brahman-realization.

regards
vs

On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 2:53 PM, Venkatraghavan S via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Thank you Sri Ravi Kiran.
> On 6 May 2016 7:10 p.m., "Ravi Kiran" <ravikiranm108 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Namaste Sri Venkatraghavan
> >
> >
> > The point is that the waking state cannot be held to be any more real
> than
> >> the dream state.
> >>
> >
> > Here is an additional reference from Brih Upa bhAshya 2.1.18, supporting
> > this stance, which may be of interest..
> >
> >
> > तस्मात् स्वप्ने मृषाध्यारोपिता एव आत्मभूतत्वेन लोका अविद्यमाना एव सन्तः ;
> > तथा जागरितेऽपि — इति प्रत्येतव्यम् । तस्मात् विशुद्धः अक्रियाकारकफलात्मको
> > विज्ञानमय इत्येतत्सिद्धम् । यस्मात् दृश्यन्ते द्रष्टुर्विषयभूताः
> > क्रियाकारकफलात्मकाः कार्यकरणलक्षणा लोकाः, तथा स्वप्नेऽपि, तस्मात्
> अन्योऽसौ
> > दृश्येभ्यः स्वप्नजागरितलोकेभ्यो द्रष्टा विज्ञानमयो विशुद्धः ॥
> >
> >  Therefore in dreams, worlds that never exist are falsely superimposed as
> > being a part of the self. *One must know the worlds experienced in the
> > waking state also to be such.* Hence it goes without saying that the self
> > is pure, and is never connected with action, its factors and its results.
> > Since in both waking and dream states we observe that the gross and
> subtle
> > worlds consisting of action, its.factors and its results are but objects
> > for the seer, therefore that seer, the self, is different from its
> objects,
> > the worlds perceived in those states, and is pure. [ Translation from Sw
> > Madhavananda]
> >
> >
> >
> >> Regards,
> >> Venkatraghavan
> >>
> >>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 11:25 PM, Venkatraghavan S via Advaita-l <
> >>>>> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Hi all,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I was asked about the apparent refutation of DrishTi-SrishTi vAda in
> >>>>>> ShankarAchArya's prasthAna traya bhAshya. Please find below a link
> to
> >>>>>> a
> >>>>>> paper that discusses this.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> http://www.mediafire.com/download/4q9e6s9a99k9rye/Shankaracharya_and_Drishti_Srishti_Vada_4-May-2016.pdf
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Regards,
> >>>>>> Venkatraghavan
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