BSB - adhyaasa bhaasya - answers to objections raised by non-advaitins?

[Guest guest]

Namaste,

 

I'am reading the BSB notes by Sri Sadananda. At the end of "adhyaasa

bhaasya - 6388 BSB Notes adhyasa bhashya -e.txt", a couple of

objections raised by other non-advaitin schools is mentioned, viz

1. Who or what is the locus of avidya?

2. Ontological status of pramaaNa

 

I would be interested in the answers for the above questions. Where

can I find this in the advaitin group messages?

 

Thanks & Regards

Partha

[Guest guest]

Namaste,

 

These references may help you:

 

advaitin/message/23836

 

 

Sadaji's discussionscan be found at:

 

http://www.escribe.com/culture/advaitin/index.html

 

(you will have to search for all his messages, and then follow the

threads under BSB)

 

 

Regards,

 

Moderators

 

 

 

advaitin, "parthasarathy_sastry"

<parthasarathy_sastry> wrote:

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> Namaste,

>

> I'am reading the BSB notes by Sri Sadananda. At the end of "adhyaasa

> bhaasya - 6388 BSB Notes adhyasa bhashya -e.txt", a couple of

> objections raised by other non-advaitin schools is mentioned, viz

> 1. Who or what is the locus of avidya?

> 2. Ontological status of pramaaNa

>

> I would be interested in the answers for the above questions. Where

> can I find this in the advaitin group messages?

>

> Thanks & Regards

> Partha

[Guest guest]

--- parthasarathy_sastry <parthasarathy_sastry wrote:

 

Shree Parthasarathy Sastry - Pranaams. Some of it might have been

discussed in the Advaita Manjari series - I have to continue that series

once I retire!

 

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> Namaste,

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> I'am reading the BSB notes by Sri Sadananda. At the end of "adhyaasa

> bhaasya - 6388 BSB Notes adhyasa bhashya -e.txt", a couple of

> objections raised by other non-advaitin schools is mentioned, viz

> 1. Who or what is the locus of avidya?

 

This has been the basic question of Bhagavan Ramanuja - the seven

untenables of adviata discussed as part of his mahapuurva puurva paksha.

I think I had provided a response to those in one of mails - The best

reference is a text by Prof. John Grimes - on Seven untenables - it is

part of his Ph.D. thesis.

> 2. Ontological status of pramaaNa

 

Any pramaana (means of knowledge) is within the realm of vyavahaara

only. That includes even the Veda-s. The absolute is aprameyam - that

is beyond any means of knowledge since as JK says - 'truth is a pathless

land'. That is advaita. pramana is within dwaita since there pramaa,

prameya and pramaata. All the duality merges into one in the ultimate

truth.

 

Hari OM!

Sadananda

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> I would be interested in the answers for the above questions. Where

> can I find this in the advaitin group messages?

>

> Thanks & Regards

> Partha

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