advaita and nondualism

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namaste Mr Benjamin,

 

i do agree with your view.

 

 

Though agnana cannot be stated to have come into

existence at any time, it certainly disappears when

Gnana arises. It is agnana to think that there is

agnana and that it should be dispelled. How can there

be agnana in a self-luminous principle? When this

truth is realized, there is no longer agnana.

 

This knowledge cannot be attained except through

Vedanta and the Guru. Even after it has been so

attained, the question is whether all the miseries

cease to exist at once.

 

Two views are advocated in the works on Vedanta

regarding the nature of Gnana that arises from the

study of Upanishads. The view of the earlier writers

is that Sravana (hearing of the Upanishads) does

generate aparoksha Gnana (immediate knowledge). But as

‘aparoksha Gnana’ remains blurred on account of doubts

and wrong impressions, it has to be strengthened

through Manana (reflection) and Nidhidhyasana

(contemplation).

 

The other view is that the Knowledge that arises from

the study of the scriptures and instruction of the

Preceptor is Paroksha (Mediate). It is only through

Manana and Nidhidhyasana that Paroksha Gnana can

become aparoksha Gnana.

 

The knowledge “There is Brahman” is called ‘Paroksha’;

the knowledge “I am Brahman” is called ‘aparoksha’.

The illusory notion “I am a man” can be truly negated

only by the knowledge “I am Brahman” and not by the

knowledge “There is Brahman”.

 

The knowledge arising from the Scriptures is Paroksha

in nature and cannot remove the illusory notion by

itself.

 

cdr bvn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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