[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Eka-sattA-vAda vis-a-vis sattA-traividhya-vAda

[V Subrahmanian]

Regarding the three types of SattA (existence) the most authentic material
is the Taittiriyopanishad passage 'satyam cha anRtam cha satyam abhavat'
and Shankara's extremely elaborate bhashya and Sureshwara's vartika on it.
A study of the same is available here:

https://adbhutam.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/paramarthika-vyavaharika-satyam/

Another key source for this is the Bhashya on the Bh.Gita 2.16.  The verse
itself is on the topic of Existence.  Shankara expatiates on this and
presents two/three types of existences, with analogies.

The SandhyAdhikaraNa bhashya too has material to read on this topic.  At
the end Shankara says:  The dream world is sublated upon waking. But the
waking world of space, etc. is also sublated upon the True awakening: the
Vedantic realization.  Thus, Shankara accepts a seeming reality to the
waking world.  This is what is known as sad-asad-vilakshana also known as
anirvachaniya. * The problem with anirvachaniya, bhAva rUpa, arises when
one mistakes the 'bhAva rUpa' as the same as Existence of Brahman.  This
fundamental mistake alone is at the base of objection to bhAva rUpa
(ajnAna). *

warm regards
subbu





On Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 7:39 AM Sudhanshu Shekhar <sudhanshu.iitk at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hari Om,
>
> What are the main points of distinction between Eka-sattA-vAda and
> sattA-traividhya-vAda?
>
> Also, kindly suggest some reading material on this issue.
>
> Regards.
> Sudhanshu Shekhar.
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