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say that nature of māyā/avidyā is something mysterious and inexplicable is to go against the very canons of logical thinking. We can bring in any number of concepts like māyā/avidyā to defend our case by stating that their nature is inexplicable. What is inexplicable cannot be brought under the purview of binary logic.
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Brahma-sutra, 1.1.1.
There are three levels of reality, according to Advaita. They are: apparently real (prātibhāsika), the empirically real (vyāvahārika), and the absolutely real (pāramārthika).
Brahma-sutra, 1.1.11.
Chandogya Upanisad 6.2.1. (ekam evam advitiyam)
Ibid.,7.2.1.
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8. Mandukya-kārika 4.74.
9. Bṛhadaranyaka Upanisad 34.3.22.
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Chandogya Upanisad 3.14.1.
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Brahma satyam jaganmithya jivo brahmaiva na aparah.
Aitereya Upanisad 5.3.
Chandogya Upanisad 6.2.1.
Vedānta-paribhāṣa,7. (just as the notion of one's identity with the body is assumed to be valid knowledge, exactly so is this ordinary knowledge till the Self is truly known).
Brahma-sūtra-bhasya 2.1.11 and 3.2.4.
Brahama-sūtra-bhāṣya 1.1.1.
Yatindramatadīpikā III.6.p.46.
S. Radhakrishnan, Indian Philosophy, Vol.2., p.565. Śankara's commentary on Katha Upanisad III.11.
Brahma-sūtra-bhāṣya 1.4.3.
Śrī Bhāṣya, 1.1.1. pp.59.
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