[Advaita-l] drushti and satya
Bhaskar YR
bhaskar.yr at in.abb.com
Tue Feb 9 06:23:59 CST 2010
praNAms
Hare Krishna
Can words 'drushti' & 'satya' carry the same meaning?? I dont think
so...But surprisingly, while discussing advaita vedAnta, we are using
these two words alternatively as if these two words are synonyms!!
Ofcourse, shankara at various places in his prasthAna trayi bhAshya makes
clear distinction between naive view of reality (lOka drushti) and
vedAntic view of the same (shAstra drushti)...shankara also calls these
two view points as vyAvahArika drushti (transactional view point) &
pAramArthika drushti (transcedental view point). But nowhere he hints
about the existence of vyAvahArika, prAtibhAsika & pAramArthika satya to
give us the impression that there exists gradations in reality!!
Dont you think it is better to have difference in view points intead of
split in truth itself?? Can our vyAvahArik talks on advaita allow us to
split the concept of absolute truth itself to label it as vyAvahArika,
prAtibhAsika & pAramArthika satya-s?? Again, I dont think so, because
vyAvahArika satya what we are attributing to this world is nothing but an
'effect' which is nothing more than appearance and consequently the
'cause' stands for the substrate on which appearances are mere
superimposition (adhyArOpita).
Any clarification on these terms drushti and satya would be highly
appreciated.
Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
bhaskar
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