[Advaita-l] drushti and satya

[Anbu sivam2]

Dear Sunilji,

The definition of the three satthas are as follows:

Prathibaasika sattha: It is a human perception of illusory nature like the
snake seen on a rope in twilight.  It is sublated when a light is brought
without leaving any residue.

Vyavahaarika sattha:  This is not man made but of God's creation.  It is
like the rope that remains as a rope for a long time.  This too vanishes in
due course.

Paramaarthika sattha: This is the underlying reality of God's creation.  It
is Brahman the uncreated and eternal.

It is up to you to figure out the answer to your question on the basis of
the above.

Regards,
Anbu

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Sunil Bhattacharjya <
sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Can we put the relation between the Vyavaharika Satya and the Paramarthika
> Satya as follows?
> The Vyavaharika Satya is what appears to us when in the Mental plane (or
> the Manomaya kosha)  the mind interacts with the objects of senses.  At the
> higher plane of wisom (or the Jnanatmana or the Vijnanamaya kosha) where the
> mind ceases its activities one becomes more like a sakshi and what was
> experienced in the mental plane appears as nothing but a series of dreams.
> When one sees the past births as a series of dreams then one sees the
> Paramarthika Satya.
>
> Pratibhashika Satya too is a dream-state without the interaction of the
> mind with the sense-objects.
> Any comment?
> Regards,
> Sunil K. Bhattacharjya
>
> --- On Tue, 2/9/10, Bhaskar YR <bhaskar.yr at in.abb.com> wrote:
>
> From: Bhaskar YR <bhaskar.yr at in.abb.com>
> Subject: [Advaita-l] drushti and satya
> To: advaitin at yahoogroups.com, "A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta" <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
> Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 4:23 AM
>
> 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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