[Advaita-l] is this jagat mithyA ?? Sri SSS

Venkatesh Murthy vmurthy36 at gmail.com
Fri Aug 4 08:08:03 EDT 2017


Namaste

The real question for SSS - is Pot same as Brahman or Brahman same as Pot?
I have not seen any answer. If he says Pot same as Brahman like Snake is
really Rope because there was-is-will never a Snake he is correct.
Otherwise he is wrong. Where is the direct answer to the question from him?
I like to know.

On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 3:46 PM, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 2:31 PM, H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com
> >
> wrote:
>
> > In continuation to my previous post, the following passage from the
> >> commentary by Sri SSS on BSB is also relevant.  It may be accessed at
> the
> >> following link.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> << http://www.adhyatmaprakasha.org/php/bookreader/templates/
> >> book.php?type=kannada&book_id=101A_2&pagenum=0001#page/16/mode/1up >>,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Page 6, para 7, last few lines.  I am translating it here.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> << But Vedanta Sidhanta states that only atman is satya, rest is all
> >> anruta/mithya/appearences perceived by people having wrong knowledge
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> << anAtma, which appears in some states subservient to Atman who is
> >> jnAnaswarUpa, is asatya/mithyA/anruta. >>.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> << “  anruta is mithya “ does not mean that it does not appear at all.
> >> It is not different from Atman. It does not have independent Existence.
> >> Looked at carefully, it is Atman only. This is the meaning.  This should
> >> always be borne in mind when encountering terms like mithyA/anruta etc.
> >> >>.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards
> >>
> >
> > Namaste
>
> Good to see the above. Yet, why do some people give the impression that SSS
> did not subscribe to the idea 'jagat is mithyā'? Your explanation of his
> words in the earlier post only shows that even his short article is
> vyākhyāna-sāpekṣa. That standalone article can give an impression that I
> got.  Could you kindly help me with the link to read his Mandukya karika
> bhashya translation online, if it is uploaded in the site of the
> kāryālaya?
>
> Thanks
> vs
>
> >
> >
> > <#m_2447773517038480090_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>
> >
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-Venkatesh


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