[Advaita-l] neha nAnAsti kiMchana

Sankaran Aniruddhan ani at ee.washington.edu
Fri Jun 13 06:28:50 CDT 2003


namaste,

> What do you mean no distinctions in Reality?
> Advaita teaches pAramArthika satyatva, vyAvahArika satyatva,
> prAtibhAsika satyatva etc.
> So, it is advaita that teaches distinctions in reality.
> All other schools have only one - reality,  or its negation falsity.

These distinctions are only from the vyavaharika point of view, which itself
is mithya. Brahman is the only Reality. On the other hand, all other schools
have multiple categories in their conception of reality, so it is they who
have distinctions in Reality.

Aniruddhan

Sruti smRti purANAnAm Alayam karuNAlayam
namAmi bhagavatpAda Sam.karam lokaSam.karam



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