[Advaita-l] Is empathy a function of ahamkara?

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> The answer is a clear NO. As per Advaita SidhAnta, vyAvahArika entities
> (kaaryas) can and do have a kArya-kAraNa sambandha with their upAdAna
> kAraNam in many cases.


kArya-kAraNa-bhAva is not a relation.
You need another relation from those which are clearly defined by others
and accepted or corrected by vedAntin-s.

> Cause and Effect sambandha.Not necessarily always
> tAdAtmya sambandha. Milk transforming into curds is one such case.


I appreciate that you presented your views here. It has helped me
understand from where your perception arises.
Milk is not upAdAna-kAraNa of curd, it's avayava-s are. And they are still
undestroyed. The difference in quality of Milk and curd must be defined
because of the difference of asamavAyI-kAraNa.

> They do
> not exist simultaneously at the same time. They are observed or experienced
> separately from each other.


This observation is correct, but doesn't apply to the upAdAna which is
common to Milk and Curd, both.

> TadAtmya sambandha is spoken of only in those
> cases where two entities originate simultaneously from an identical cause.
>

Half correct.
No need for things to be generated simultaneously.
Red and Black color arising at different times in the same pot have
tAdAtmya.