CHAITANYA DRUSHYE BUDDHIHIH BUDDIHEH
ATIPRASANGAH SMRUTI SANKARASHCHA
IF ONE CHITTA IS PERCEIVED BY ANOTHER CHITTA THEN THERE WILL BE
INNUMERABLE CHITTA AND THEN THERE WILL BE INNUMERABLE BUDDHIS
AND THAT WILL ADD THE CONFUSION DUE TO DIFFERENT MEMORIES
This Sutra is continuation of the same thought process or the argument that was seen in the last Sutra. In Sutra 20 , we were told that the Chitta can not see itself . There has to be a SEAR and there is OBJECT that is SEEN . So in Sutra 20 we were told that the PURUSHA or the SPIRIT IS the SEAR. One could argue that when we see an object and we get the knowledge of it , that is by one CHITTA and when we have emotions like anger , pleasure , happiness or sad feeling , that is perceived by another CHITTA . One could also state that one Chitta is perceived by another Chitta . But then we will have a third Chitta to perceive second Chitta and then a 4th one to see 3rd and so on and so forth . This will create endless or infinite number of Chitta . There is also another problem with this thought process . When the Chitta gets the KNOWLEDGE, that part of Chitta is called BUDDHI or intellect. So if there are more than one CHITTA , there will be more than one BUDDHI and then we will have more than one memory and that will conflict with the function as different intellects having different memories will conflict with each other.
When we have an 'experience' , that creates a memories and then the part of the Chitta, that has the knowledge called intellect makes decision in future based on THIS memory . Let us say I have touched a hot stove and had burned my hand , next time that memory tells my Buddhi or intellect not to touch any object that looks like hot stove. But if I have different Buddhis for object and the feeling for getting burned and having pain , then there will not be coordination and there will be confusion in making decision to avoid the touching of the hot stove. Since this does not happen, there is only ONE CHITTA and only ONE BUDDHI (which is part of the CHITTA ),and since the CHITTA can not see or perceive itself there must be something else that PERCEIVES .This is the PURUSHA or the SPIRIT and it is self illuminating. If the Sun is not there , the Moon will not be seen as it gets light from the Sun. Similarly the SPIRIT or the PURUSHA is the self illuminated and the Chitta is not self illuminated.
ATIPRASANGAH SMRUTI SANKARASHCHA
IF ONE CHITTA IS PERCEIVED BY ANOTHER CHITTA THEN THERE WILL BE
INNUMERABLE CHITTA AND THEN THERE WILL BE INNUMERABLE BUDDHIS
AND THAT WILL ADD THE CONFUSION DUE TO DIFFERENT MEMORIES
This Sutra is continuation of the same thought process or the argument that was seen in the last Sutra. In Sutra 20 , we were told that the Chitta can not see itself . There has to be a SEAR and there is OBJECT that is SEEN . So in Sutra 20 we were told that the PURUSHA or the SPIRIT IS the SEAR. One could argue that when we see an object and we get the knowledge of it , that is by one CHITTA and when we have emotions like anger , pleasure , happiness or sad feeling , that is perceived by another CHITTA . One could also state that one Chitta is perceived by another Chitta . But then we will have a third Chitta to perceive second Chitta and then a 4th one to see 3rd and so on and so forth . This will create endless or infinite number of Chitta . There is also another problem with this thought process . When the Chitta gets the KNOWLEDGE, that part of Chitta is called BUDDHI or intellect. So if there are more than one CHITTA , there will be more than one BUDDHI and then we will have more than one memory and that will conflict with the function as different intellects having different memories will conflict with each other.
When we have an 'experience' , that creates a memories and then the part of the Chitta, that has the knowledge called intellect makes decision in future based on THIS memory . Let us say I have touched a hot stove and had burned my hand , next time that memory tells my Buddhi or intellect not to touch any object that looks like hot stove. But if I have different Buddhis for object and the feeling for getting burned and having pain , then there will not be coordination and there will be confusion in making decision to avoid the touching of the hot stove. Since this does not happen, there is only ONE CHITTA and only ONE BUDDHI (which is part of the CHITTA ),and since the CHITTA can not see or perceive itself there must be something else that PERCEIVES .This is the PURUSHA or the SPIRIT and it is self illuminating. If the Sun is not there , the Moon will not be seen as it gets light from the Sun. Similarly the SPIRIT or the PURUSHA is the self illuminated and the Chitta is not self illuminated.
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