Does death pertain to the body or jiva

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Dear Sri G.Murthi Ji, Namaste

 

I apologise and request your kind pardon for a grave mistake i have

committed. Today, when i came to my native home town, i went through the

commentary - Ratna Prabha on Brahma Sutra Bhashya of Bhagavan Sri

Shankaracharya. At Br.Su.II - iii - 16 Charachara Sutra, the commentator

clearly explains that - to hold that birth and death pertain to Jiva is only in

a secondary sense and it primarily applies only to the body. My logical

development quoting Br. su. 1-1-4 was not incorrect, however i have made a

mistake in the final step.

 

I have rightly traced Br.Up.that birth and death means entry and exit from and

out of the body. However, the climax was blundered. From the above

proposition, it follows that by the Anvaya Vyatireka Nyaya of enquiry, birth and

death are conditions of the body and not the Jiva. Acharya Very Specifically

mentions this at the close of the Adhikarana.

 

Very kindly excuse my blunder. Sorry.

 

S. Venkata Subramanian

Venkat_advaita

 

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On 29 Jun 2001, venkata subramanian wrote:

> Dear Sri G.Murthi Ji, Namaste

>

> I apologise and request your kind pardon for a grave mistake i have

committed. Today, when i came to my native home town, i went through the

commentary - Ratna Prabha on Brahma Sutra Bhashya of Bhagavan Sri

Shankaracharya. At Br.Su.II - iii - 16 Charachara Sutra, the commentator

clearly explains that - to hold that birth and death pertain to Jiva is only in

a secondary sense and it primarily applies only to the body. My logical

development quoting Br. su. 1-1-4 was not incorrect, however i have made a

mistake in the final step.

>

> I have rightly traced Br.Up.that birth and death means entry and exit from

and out of the body. However, the climax was blundered. From the above

proposition, it follows that by the Anvaya Vyatireka Nyaya of enquiry, birth and

death are conditions of the body and not the Jiva. Acharya Very Specifically

mentions this at the close of the Adhikarana.

>

> Very kindly excuse my blunder. Sorry.

>

> S. Venkata Subramanian

> Venkat_advaita

>

 

 

namaste shri Venkata subramanianji,

 

Your posts have been very valuable for me to go back

to the pertinent portions of the bhAShyA-s. While your

first post (on this topic) might have come up with the

wrong conclusion, that in no way diminishes the value

of these posts. This is a learning process for all of

us and the purpose of the List discussions is to see

that our understandings are correct. With mutual pointings

to the proper path, we will hopefully have the correct

understanding of the bhAShyA-s. This is particularly

important in these days when a proper physical guru is

very hard to get. Thanks again for your very valuable

posts and I look forward to more insights.

 

 

Regards

Gummuluru Murthy

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