[Advaita-l] Who has Ajnana/Maya?

Sanju Nath sanjivendra at gmail.com
Fri Mar 17 22:53:34 EDT 2017


Pranam Shyam-ji,

Nice write up.  Thank you for sharing.

Dhanayvaad,
Sanju

On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 9:09 PM, shyam subramanian via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> A brief essay on the locus of avidya illustrates this in simple terms
>
> http://www.vijnana.org/2007/03/locus-of-avidya-story-of-mrpott.html?m=1
>
> Hari OM
> Shri Gurubhyoh namah
> Shyam
>
> > On Mar 17, 2017, at 8:00 AM, Kalyan via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Sri Venkatraghavan
> >
> >
> > //Then there is no need for anyone to try for
> > moksha since no one is affected
> > by
> > misery.
> >
> > Ultimately this is
> > true - but people incorrectly believe that they are
> > miserable, and to correct that moksha shAstra
> > is there.//
> >
> >
> > An incorrect belief of misery is real misery. Therefore people are
> really affected by misery when they incorrectly believe they are miserable.
> I have discussed this point here -
> >
> > https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/bvparishat/KlKjUx7J9mY
> >
> >
> > //Why one, every single experience, which is
> > nothing but a thought, is
> > ultimately not
> > real, because it is a viShaya for sAkshi pratyaksha//
> >
> >
> > Please provide a single example to show that thoughts are not real.
> >
> >
> > //No, because perception of thought does not
> > require another thought, only
> > consciousness
> > - so there is no infinite regress. It is consciousness
> > that
> > is self evident.//
> >
> >
> > As Des Cartes says, I think, therefore I am. It is thoughts and
> perceptions that make us realize that we are a conscious entity. There is
> no consciousness in the state of dreamless sleep.
> >
> > Regards
> > Kalyan
> >
> >
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