Fwd: Help required in understanding a BhAShya quote

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advaitin , " Tony OClery " <aoclery wrote:

 

advaitin , " subrahmanian_v "

<subrahmanian_v@> wrote:

>

> ShrIgurubhyo namaH

>

> Namaste sadhakas,

>

> While reading the MaanDuUya UpaniShad bhAShya for the mantra seven,

> i came across these two passages:

>

>

> // tathA cha vakShyati: `~jnAte dvaitam na vidyate' iti. ~jnAnasya

> dvaita-nivritti-kShaNa-vyatirekeNa kShaNAntara-anavasthAnAt. //

>

> [ So also it will be said, `Duality ceases to exist after

> realization' (Kaarika I.18), for knowledge (as a mental vritti) does

> not continue for a second moment following the moment of the

> cessation of duality.]

>

> Question: What is the kShaNa 'moment' that the Acharya talks about

> here?

> Does the cessation of duality happen in a moment?

 

Namaste All,

 

Imho it means not having happened even in one moment! However for

arguments sake it is said to not exist after one moment. On

realisation there is no ego, no mind, so there can be no moments of

time..........Tony.

 

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