No Crossfit clickbait today, sorry! However, a cross-post from Portland Ashtanga Yoga.
Some recent posts have discussed Pattabhi Jois' (a.k.a. Guruji's, The Boss', The Big Guy's) lineage as a Smarta Hoysala Brahmin, that caste and sub-caste of Brahmins who hold Adi Shankaracharya, the famous Advaita Vedantin, as their root-guru.
It may surprise you that there are several streams of non-dual thinking, of which Advaita (a="not," dvaita="two-ness") is one.
(That's not a pun.)
In a nutshell:
To the Advaita Vedantin, reality or that-ness (tattva) is appearance only (vivarta).
The world is created by error (adhyasa); to use one of their most famous analogies, this is similar to confusing a rope for a snake in a darkened room.
The world is also created by ignorance of the one (avidya), as well as our captivity by appearance (maya).
The One has always been and, most importantly, has never changed.
Interesting, no?
Both Buddhists and Kashmir Saivists have slightly differing ideas. I'll continue with both in future "Nutshells."
Some recent posts have discussed Pattabhi Jois' (a.k.a. Guruji's, The Boss', The Big Guy's) lineage as a Smarta Hoysala Brahmin, that caste and sub-caste of Brahmins who hold Adi Shankaracharya, the famous Advaita Vedantin, as their root-guru.
It may surprise you that there are several streams of non-dual thinking, of which Advaita (a="not," dvaita="two-ness") is one.
(That's not a pun.)
In a nutshell:
To the Advaita Vedantin, reality or that-ness (tattva) is appearance only (vivarta).
The world is created by error (adhyasa); to use one of their most famous analogies, this is similar to confusing a rope for a snake in a darkened room.
The world is also created by ignorance of the one (avidya), as well as our captivity by appearance (maya).
The One has always been and, most importantly, has never changed.
Interesting, no?
Both Buddhists and Kashmir Saivists have slightly differing ideas. I'll continue with both in future "Nutshells."
