[Advaita-l] What is badha?

H S Chandramouli hschandramouli at gmail.com
Sat Jan 25 03:06:41 CST 2014


Perhaps I should have clarified. Negation means negation of status of
reality.


On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 2:26 PM, H S Chandramouli
<hschandramouli at gmail.com>wrote:

> Yes Sri Sureshji. Badha is used to discriminate between the levels of
> Reality.
>
> Badha is Negation. Things like serpent in the rope, silver in nachre etc
> are negated by the knowledge of rope, nachre etc. Any thing which is
> negated by any knowledge other than  that of Brahman  is said to be of
> Pratibhasika level of Reality. On the other hand creation which we
> experience can be negated and is negated ONLY by the knowledge of Brahman.
> They are said to enjoy Vyavaharika level of Reality. Brahman, the Ultimate
> Reality , cannot be and is not negated at any time ( past, present and
> future ) , state ( waking, dream, deep sleep ) , as well as during
> creation/sustenance/destruction. It is said to be Paramarthika level of
> Reality. From this point of view, Badha could be said to be << personal (
> also called immediate or aparoksha ) determination of mithya ( or levels of
> Reality ) status >>.
>
> Regards
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 10:46 PM, Suresh <mayavaadi at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Friends,
>>
>> I understand badha means sublation, but can someone explain with clear
>> examples? Is it used to show different levels of reality and that the level
>> which cannot be further sublated is the ultimate reality, Brahman?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Suresh
>> _______________________________________________
>> Archives: http://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/
>> http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.culture.religion.advaita
>>
>> To unsubscribe or change your options:
>> http://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/advaita-l
>>
>> For assistance, contact:
>> listmaster at advaita-vedanta.org
>>
>
>



More information about the Advaita-l mailing list