[Advaita-l] [advaitin] World is mind alone: Shankara (sharing an old post) in the Mundakopanishad bhashya

[Bhaskar YR]

Brahman has no prāṇa-, no mind/manas/buddhi.  When Shankara says 'the whole world is mind's transformation,' this statement cannot apply to the Brahman since Brahman has no mind

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Hare Krishna

Oh!!  What a statement!!  Since brahman does not have mind, he cannot do the creation, since jeeva has the mind he can do / imagine the creation!!  So, prashna by ‘mistake’ saying sa prANamasrujata, prANAchraddhaM khaM etc. He created life and included mind and food.  So mindless brahman created mind/senses 😊 And taittireeya by mistake says ‘sO kAmayata and chAndOgya which by ‘mistake’ says tadaikshata bahu syAM prajaAyeyeti etc. It is a well proven fact in shruti and bhAshya that brahman can understand everything—even without the accessories like the mind. Hence Itareya and sUtra bhAshya categorically saying sarvajnatva and sarvashaktitva is intrinsic nature of brahman.  His mysterious powers are varied, His activities happen spontaneously through the power of His intrinsic jnAna.  Parasya shaktiH vividhaiva shruyate ‘svAbhAvikee jnAna bala kriya cha…again bhAshyakAra making mistake here by saying brahman can do anything without using mind 😊

It is not surprising if the above tarka comes from the shushka tArkikA-s but I am really surprised Astika vedAnti-s too nowadays being influenced by shushka tArkikA-s and coming up with thoughts like this!!

Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
bhaskar