[Advaita-l] How can the reality of brahman be proven?

[Kalyan]

If I can sum up your argument, it goes like this -

I define brahman as existence. Therefore brahman must exist.

The absurdity of the argument speaks for itself.


//There cannot be non-existence
 of Existence. This is a fact that cannot be disproved by
 anyone, any logic.//


No amount of logic can disprove the reality of the world or the reality of ghosts either, but we are going in a tangential direction here.

The hypothesis to be proven is - brahman is real. I am not claiming that I can disprove brahman, just as I cannot disprove the reality of the world or the reality of ghosts. I am asking - How can you prove the reality of brahman? (Similarly, I can ask a related question - How can you disprove the reality of the world?)




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On Fri, 4/6/18, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] How can the reality of brahman be proven?
 To: "Kalyan" <kalyan_kg at yahoo.com>, "A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta" <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
 Date: Friday, April 6, 2018, 3:09 AM
 
 
 
 On Thu,
 Apr 5, 2018 at 11:47 PM, Kalyan via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>
 wrote:
 Advaitins
 often claim that the reality of the world cannot be proven.
 Fair enough.
 
 
 
 
 
 I want to ask - how can the reality of brahman be proven?
 
 Is it just a matter of faith in Sruti/smriti? (If yes, then
 the reality of brahman is also a matter of faith. It is not
 proven. If no, please explain how the reality of brahman is
 proven.)
 
 Sat, Existence, is another name for
 Brahman. Satyam Jnanam Anantam Brahma - Taittiirya
 Upanishad.  The BG 2.16 says: There cannot be non-existence
 of Existence. This is a fact that cannot be disproved by
 anyone, any logic. No need to rely on Shruti or Smriti for
 this. That which is Existence is Real.  Sat eva Satyam, Sat
 alone is Satyam - says the Shruti too. It is only because
 people do not pay attention to this fundamental Existence,
 being carried away by the fleeting existence of
 objects/events/people, the Shruti has to draw one's
 attention to this fact of the non-destructibllity of Sat.
 There is no form or name for this Existence but it can never
 be denied by anyone by any amount of logic. Shankara asked
 the Shunyavadin: how can you negate the existence of the
 negator-of-everything? There is no power or logic that can
 negate the negator, making him the fundamental un-negatable
 reality. That is called Brahman.
 vs  
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