Purnamadah Purnamidam ....revisited (April4)

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Namaste, All

 

Sri Stigi and Sri Nairji wrote “

 

What is the ontological status of the world (jagat)? <<<Stigji: From Shankara´s

preamble to his bhashya on the Brahma Sutras it is perfectly clear that the

world is superimposed upon Brahman in the same sense as the snake is

superimposed upon the rope. Hence,

 

the appearance of the world is due to ignorance of Brahman in the same sense as

the appearance of the snake is due to ignorance of the rope. In other words, the

world is Brahman misconceived just as the snake is the rope misconceived.

 

[Nairji: That exactly is what I have been trying to elucidate this long.]

 

 

 

I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS WITH REGARD TO THE ABOVE,

 

1) WHO IS SUPERIMPOSING, I.E. WHO HAS THE IGNORANCE FOR THIS

SUPERIMPOSITION, i.e. FOR SUPERIMPOSING A WORLD ON BRAHMAN?

 

2) A SNAKE WAS SEEN EARLIER OR SNAKE-KNOWLEDGE/MEMORY WAS THERE FOR ONE TO

SUPERIMPOSE A SNAKE ON A ROPE DUE TO IGNORANCE. IS THERE A WORLD SEEN EARLIER OR

THAT WORLD-KNOWLEDGE/MEMORY ON THE PART OF THE SUPERIMPOSER WHO SUPERIMPOOSES

THE WORLD ON BRAHMAN? IF SO, WHAT WAS THAT WORLD, WAS IT ALSO A SUPERIMPOSITION

ON BRAHMAN AT THAT TIME?

 

My above questions are based on the pre-requisites for a superimposition to take

place, i.e. (1) superimposer (a sentient entity), (2) ignorance on the part of

that entity (3) an object on which superimposition is made (4) memory of an

object seen earlier at some other place/some other time so that, that object is

superimposed on the object on which superimposition is made. The object seen

earlier must have some attributes similar to the attributes of the object

appearing before one and on which superimposition is made. For example, a pot is

not superimposed on a rope, it can be a snake or a stick or a garland, i.e.

there must be similarities in the attributes of both superimposed and on which

superimposition is made, say just like rope and snake.

 

THESE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN OCCUPYING MY MIND FOR A LONG TIME.

 

I HOPE OUR LEARNED MEMBERS CAN HELP.

 

WITH WARM REGRDS AND HARI OM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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