[Advaita-l] [advaitin] A kilogram of darkness please

[Sudhanshu Shekhar]

Respected Dennis ji.

You have presented a common sense understanding of absence. That is refuted
in advaita. That is precisely what BhAshyakAra did. His anumAna is actually
very simply worded.

Let me modify BhAshyakAra's anumAna a little bit and word it in English.

1. "mutual non-existence of pot" is composed of three guNAs, being cloth.

2.  "absolute-non-existence-of-pot, prior-non-existence-of-pot and
non-existence-due-to-destruction-of-pot" , are composed of three guNAs . On
account of having transactability through pot. Like
mutual-non-existence-of-pot.

3. Similarly, "all non-existences with a counter-positive" are composed of
three guNAs.

This is as simple as it can be worded. If you can refute it, please go
ahead. If you still cannot, I give up as I cannot simplify it further.

Regards.
Sudhanshu Shekhar.