[Advaita-l] adhyAsa ~ rAga or bandha ?

[H S Chandramouli]

Sorry. Did not understand if the response is a further clarification or
that my statement was incorrect.

Regards

On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 11:56 AM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 11:54 AM H S Chandramouli via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
>> Namaste.
>>
>> AdhyAsa is presented in sidhAnta as the root cause leading to rAga and
>> bandha.
>> whether they are two sides of the same coin depends upon what one
>> understands by that.
>>
>
> Avidya > kAma > karma > samsara cycle is taught in the Brihadaranyaka
> Upanishad.  Yet, the Acharyas have emphasized that when the kArya is
> addressed, the kAraNa too is deemed to have been addressed. The
> Vivekachudamani has verses on this.
>
> regards
> subbu
>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 10:32 AM S Jayanarayanan via Advaita-l <
>> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
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>> >  (previously sent without proper carriage returns)
>> >
>> > This is a question that I've had for a while now:
>> >
>> > ** Is "adhyAsa" (superimposition) a fancy theoretical term for the more
>> > common practical words "rAga" (attachment) or "bandha" (bondage)? **
>> >
>> > The word "adhyAsa" is used primarily in the context of highly technical
>> > texts that concentrate on the philosophical aspects of Vedanta with the
>> aim
>> > of GYAna or Wisdom.
>> >
>> > Whereas the words "rAga" and "bandha" are used in practical Vedanta
>> where
>> > the emphasis is on achieving Moksha or Salvation.
>> >
>> > But just wondering if adhyAsa and rAga/bandha are merely two sides of
>> the
>> > same coin?
>> >
>> >   adhyAsa (theoretical/epistemological) ~ rAga or bandha
>> > (practical/ontological) ??
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Kartik
>> >
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