[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Is pot-abhAva bhAvarUpa

[Sudhanshu Shekhar]

Namaste Michael ji.

Pot abhava is dependent upon pot - pot is its bhava and absence of pot also
> belongs to pot.


Is pot-abhAva different from pot? Or is it identical to pot?

Absence of pot does not possess independent existence.
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Ok. But what is it? Different from or identical to pot?


Darkness depends upon light. It doesn't have an independent, substantial
> existence. That seems clear.
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We will come to it. First let us understand pot-abhAva.

Regards.

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