praathibhaasika level

M Suresh msuresh at INDIA.TI.COM
Mon Jul 8 12:44:22 CDT 1996


anand hudli <ahudli at SILVER.UCS.INDIANA.EDU> wrote :

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>   This is the definition of valid knowledge that is new, not previously
>   known. This definition holds for the praatibhaasika, vyaavahaarika and
>    paaramaarthika orders of existence. Everything that is illusory  is
>   contradicted when the illusion is removed. So nothing in the illusory
>   world is true. Everything in the vyaavahaarika world too is
>   contradicted in the paaramaarthika state. What is never contradicted
>   is the nondual Brahman alone. Brahman alone is the truth.

  A basic question. What is praatibhaasika state you have mentioned above?
  I have heard of paaramaarthika and vyaavahaarika for Absolute and
  worldly standpoint respectively.

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Suresh.



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