[Advaita-l] asat & asatya / sat & satya

[V Subrahmanian]

On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 12:06 PM Bhaskar YR <bhaskar.yr at in.abb.com> wrote:

> praNAms Sri Subbu prabhuji
> Hare Krishna
>
> > Hari Om V Subramanian ji,
> >
> > 1. Is asatya also sat? Table is asatya. Is it sat?
> >
>
> Asatya as mithya vastu is also ultimately Sat, Brahman, since it is
> superimposed on that adhishThanam. So too the table. It is a case of
> 'baadhaayaam saamaanaadhikaranyam' as taught in the BGB brahmaarpanam verse.
>
> >  Are you familiar with Sri paramAnanda bhArati works Sri Subbu
> prabhuji??  What I understand from that whatsapp discussion is that, asatya
> (the changing one)  is NOT mithya but asat (non-existent) is mithyA.
> mithyA / asat is atyanta abhAva like shasha vishANa, whereas asatya is NOT
> mithyA / asat hence jagat is NOT asat / mithyA but it is asatya, the
> changing one, the changing one (asatya)  has the adhishtAnaM satya (
> un-changing one).  So, as per this, asatya is NOT mithya vastu it is the
> changing existent vastu something equal to mAya.
>

I am not familiar with Swamiji's works and hence cannot give replies to
questions on his works.

>
> > 2. Are sat and satya synonyms?
> >
>
> In the Taittiriya Bhashya I have cited, yes. But in specific contexts,
> they may not be used as synonyms. We can say 'sad vidyaa leads to
> liberation.'
> We can also say 'the knowledge of what is Satyam, that is Brahman, leads
> to liberation.'
>
> >  I have asked exactly the same question in that group and with an
> addition whether asat and asatya are synonyms.  The answer I got is
> following :
>
> (a) sat = existence
> (b) asat = non-existence
> (c) satya = the unchanging one
> (d) asatya = the changing one.
>
> >  One of the member clarified, all four are different and used
> differently in different context by bhAshyakAra.  Somehow, I could able to
> understand the different between asat and asatya but failed to understand
> the difference between sat and satya/m.
>

Even I can't decipher the difference between the two: sat and satyam.

warm regards
subbu

>
> Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
> bhaskar
>