Sambodhi 1982 Vol 11

SR No.: 520761
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dalsukh Malvania, H C Bhayani, Nagin J Shah
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1982
Total Pages: 502
Language: English, Sanskrit, Prakrit, Gujarati
Classification: Magazine, India_Sambodhi, & India
File Size: 11 MB

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Avidya in Vedanta
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different aspects of the functioning of manas or citta.1 Rāma is asked to give up väsana ia the form of aham' or ego. It is a mental power which is the source of all ideas of good and bad and it is due to it that the world of appearance is falsely imagined. This is what is called avidyā which when not copprehended spreads the unreal world. This avidyā, once it is detected and comprehended does not result in any illusory appearance. This is interesting Bothavidyā (mala, māyā) and vidyā have been given as synonyms of manas in its different aspects. Hence, manas as vidyā destroys itself as avidyā and as presenfjog diverse functions. Manas alone can destroy itself. The mind compreherds itself only for its own destruction.2
Everything in the world is just manas. When this manas is dissolved the world of appearacce disappears and mokşa is attained. Activity or vibration is the very nature of manas. The vibratory poyer or the creative impulse (spandasakti) of the mind brings about the world-appearance. The mind which is devoid of the vibratory power is no longer mind, and this is what is called mokșa. The vibratory nature of the mind is called avidyā or vasana (root-inclination). This avidya should be destroyed for the atta. inment of liberation. The mind alone can curb or destroy the mind. Can
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- 1. Yv. III. 96. 13-14.
अतस्त्व वासनां राम मिथ्र्यवाहमिति स्थिताम् । त्यज पक्षीश्वरो व्योमगमनोस्क ईवाण्डकम् ॥२६॥ एषा हि मानसी शक्तिरिष्टानिष्टनिबन्धिनी ।
अनयैव मुधा भ्रान्त्या स्वप्नवत् परिकल्पते ॥२७॥ . - अविद्यैषा दुरन्तैषा दुःखायैषा विवर्धते ।
अपरिज्ञायमानैषा तनोतीदमसन्मयम् ॥२८॥ अविद्या संप्रबुद्धा हि वितताऽनर्थदुर्गमा । . नानेन्द्रजालकलनां शम्बरो हेम वर्षति ॥३४॥ स्वविनाशक्रियां चैतां मन एव करोत्यलम् । मनो यात्मवधं नाम नाटकं परिनृत्यति ॥३५।। आस्मानमीक्षते चेतः स्वविनाशाय केवलम् । न हि जानाति दुर्बुद्धिविनाश प्रत्युपस्थितम् !॥३६॥ स्वयं संकल्पमात्रेण स्वविनाशदृशामिदम् । मनः संसाधयत्याशु क्लेशो नात्रोपयुज्यते ॥३७॥ स्वसंकल्पविकल्पांश विवेकोपहितं मनः । संत्यज्य रूपमाभोगि करोत्यात्मावबोधनम् ॥३९॥
-Yv. III. 102, 26-28; 34-38