emptybill: > Apparently you never tire of parading Hairless Krishna > Propagandhi. I discussed this forced interpretation in > a post with you in the past. > > Early Old-Timers? > It's a re-statement of the Buddhist Vijnana of Vasubandhu. So, it's pretty well established that Advaita is a copy of the Vijnana.
So, I guess we've pretty much established that Chit - 'consciousness', is the One Absolute, according to the Kashmere Tantrism, which essentially agrees with the Sri Vidya - and the sayings of MMY on the 'Seven States of Consciouness' vis a vis the Transcendental state - Turiya as mentioned in Mandukhya Upanishad. According to Chandrahar Sharma these are essentially re-staements of Vinjnanavada Buddhism - the school of 'Consciousness-only' founded by Arya Asanga and the Vasubandhu brothers - Yogacara. Excerpt from 'vijnApti matratA siddhi' by vasAabAndhu: "Pure conciousness is the only Reality. By its nature, it is Self-luminous." (XIII, 13). "Thus shaking off duality, he directly percieves the Absolute which is the unity underlying phenomena (dharmadAtu)." (VI, 7 Sharma, p. 112-113). Work cited: 'A Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy' by Chandrahar Sharma, M.A., D. Phil., D. Litt., LL.B., Shastri, Dept. of Phil., Benares Hindu U. Rider 1960. vimshAtika-Vrtti on kArikA 1, p. 114.
