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Monthly Archives: April 2016

AdvaitaSiddhi – Lecture 6 – Part 3

Na cha astwavytrekangsha asadbhedasya cha prapanche sidhtwene amshata sidhasadhanam iti vachyamn; Nyayamritakara had raised another doubt here. That of amshata siddha-sadhanam= partial sidhasadhanam (amsha means partially). Dualists accept the world to be sat, and advaitins accept mithya to be astavishista satta abhava. However this is accepted by the dualists themselves and hence a charge of … Continue reading »

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AdvaitaSiddhi – Lecture 6 – Part 2

Ateva na dwitya api, satwaabhavavati sukhtirupya vivikshita asatwa vyatirekasa vidwamanatwen vyabhicharat. Madhusudana Saraswatiji now considers the second option i.e. parasparavirahavyapakatwaya. He states that even if this position is adopted by the dualist then it is not tenable. This is simply because satwa and asatwa are not simply parasparavyapaka= existence of this cannot be the absence … Continue reading »

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AdvaitaSiddhi – Lecture 6 – Part 1

Shuktirupya avadhyatwarupsattwavatyerekhasa sattwe api vadhyatwarupasttasya vya tireekha sidhya sadhyavaikalyat cha Here the dualist argues that absence of abhdyhatwa (non-sublatability) exists in the superimposed silver present in the locus of mother-of –pearl. However, negatable asatwa-abhava is also seen in this locus (i.e. silver superimposed on the mother of pearl is of course mithya according to Advaitins, … Continue reading »

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