Locus of vidyA

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Dear Shri Sreenivasa Murthy,

 

I suppose by vidya you mean the akhaNDAkAra vRtti which destroys avidyaa and

by locus you mean the place where this arises. The answer is that, like all

vRttis, this is also a modification of the mind and so it arises in the mind

or antahkaraNa. Thefollowing passage from Sri Sankara's bhAshya makes this

clear.

 

Gita, 2. 21, Sankara bhAshya— " The Self, while remaining immutable, is

imagined to be the knower of objects such as sound, which are actually

experienced by the mind and the sense-organs. This is because the Self is

not distinguished from the mental modifications (vrittis) due to nescience.

Similarly, the Self is spoken of as having become enlightened only because

of avidyaa associating it with that intellectual perception ---which is also

unreal--- which takes the form of discrimination between the Self and the

not-Self, while in reality the Self has undergone no change whatsoever. " (The

idea is that neither ignorance, nor enlightenmement, pertains to the Self.

Both are only in the mind and are wrongly attributed to the Self). .

 

S.N.Sastri

 

 

 

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H.N.Sreenivasa Murthy

Pranams to all.

 

advaitin , " Madathil Rajendran Nair "

<madathilnair wrote:

>

> Namaste dear Mani-ji and Dr. Yadu-ji.

>

Dear Sri Madhatil Rajendran Nair,

 

" Vedanta's clarion call is to remove the ignorance which

everyone admits there is. Bogged in debates, who has time to heed

the call? Intellectual gymnastics are more satisfying than removal

of ignorance. "

 

You have put in a very straightforward and direct manner and in

crystal clear words the work to be done by a mumukshu. My heartfelt

thanks to you for having drawn the attention of one and all to the

only work of a seeker i.e. getting rid of the ignorance.

 

With respectful regards,

Sreenivasa Murthy

 

 

>

> We have been indulging too much in verbal gymnastics these days.

> Otherwise, how can we explain the following situation?

>

> " You are Brahman. You know that not. " declares Advaita. Your not

> knowing that you are Brahman is your ignorance. You continue with

> that ignorance in waking and dreaming and then into deep sleep from

> which you again come out to dreaming/waking with that same ignorance.

> Despite the facts being so clear, the questions bothering everyone is

> if there was ignorance in that deep sleep and, if yes, where it was!

> Whether it was parked outside in a dream car park or whether it was

> carried into the no man's land of sleep, whether it existered there

> in seed or flower form, whether it was in the right or left pocket

> etc. To top it all, all these questions are asked from the ignorant

> land of waking, viewed from which sleep is nothing but an " I didn't

> know anything " sort of ignorance!

>

> The debate continues as the quotes pour in. Ignorance remains.

> Vedanta's clarion call is to remove the ignorance which everyone

> admits there is. Bogged in debates, who has time to heed the call?

> Intellectual gymnastics are more satisfying than removal of ignorance.

>

> PraNAms.

>

> Madathil Nair

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> advaitin , " ymoharir " <ymoharir@> wrote:

> >

> > Namste Mani-Ji:

> >

> > > IMO - When we start using the terms

> > awareness/conciousness often things get lost in the gymnastic of

> > words.

> >

> > Regards,

> >

> > Dr. Yadu

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> >

> > advaitin , " R.S.MANI " <r_s_mani@> wrote:

> > >

> > > Namaste, All

> > > IMHO the locus of both vidya and avidya is

> > Awareness/Consciousness.

> > > Wam regards

> > > mani

>