Chapter 3 - Methods of Knowledge according to Advaita Vedanta - Notes
Pg - 85 chapter 3 onwards Pg 85 EXT: anti-knowledge - Interesting way to characterize ajnAna. This distinction is done, to ensure we dont mix ajnAna as opposite of svarupa jnAna of Brahman. na tatra sūryo bhāti na candratārakaṃ nemā vidyuto bhānti kuto'yamagniḥ . tameva bhāntamanubhāti sarvaṃ tasya bhāsā sarvamidaṃ vibhāti - Ka. 2.15 pg 87 vijñānamayaḥ prāṇeṣu hṟidyanta̱rjyotiḥ puruṣaḥ - Br.Up. 3.7 Pg 88 QUOTE 2. The nature of knowledge (jnana) Knowledge arises when there is a modification (vrtti) of mind (antabkaraiia) in the form of the object. It is an expression of Pure Consciousness through the mental mode (antal~karana-vrtti) corresponding to the object. Being thus illumined, the mental mode manifests the object to the self. Primarily, knowledge is Pure Consciousness. Its expression through the mental mode is secondarily called knowledge. It is in the sense of this modal consciousness (vrtti-caitanya or vrttijnana) that the term knowledge (jflãna) is generally UNQUO
