[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Dichotomy in creation - Advaita beautifully explained - Dream analogy - Hindi

[Sudhanshu Shekhar]

Namaste Subbu ji.

I think since avidya/maya is trigunatimika, the Guru, shāstra, etc.
> kalpanam is owing to the sattva aspect.
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The sarvAtma-bhAva is essentially this -- this notion of I, you, he is an
illusion. As much illusory as the notion of I, you, he in dream.

I-ness, you-ness, he-ness are illusory. However, something is there which
is indicated by the word I, and something is there which is indicated by
the word you.

That entity, the real entity which is actually being meant by the word I
and you, is same. It is identical in all living beings. It is the
substratum of these bodies, minds and also the inert stones etc.

Raman Maharshi said, "The body is in space, but the space is in you".

That very same identical entity (self) is acting somewhere as I, somewhere
as you and somewhere as he or she. Indeed, electricity and bulb/fan/AC is a
very apt example.

Now, since bulb, AC, fans are experienced to be different, it is natural to
imagine that their causes will be different.

The upAdhis of Ishwara, Guru, shAstra are (imagined to be) absolutely pure.
And hence, they must be inferred to be emanating out of sattva aspect of
ignorance.

However, the sage situated in sarvAtma-bhAva would be focused on the Self.
And treating the upAdhis as nothing but products of ignorance, he would see
his own Self as the being of Guru, Ishwara and also other beings. Seeing
one's own mind and body as "this" instead of "I", and/or, seeing "I" as
"this" helps a great deal in non-identification with non-Self.

AshTAvakra GItA glorifies such a sage -

चेष्टमानं शरीरं स्वं पश्यत्यन्यशरीरवत्।
संस्तवे चापि निन्दायां कथं क्षुभ्येत् महाशयः।।3.10।।


Regards.
Sudhanshu Shekhar.

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