Monthly Archives: April 2016

Tadpratiyoginaha apratibhasikasyasa prapanchasya paramathikatwang cha syat iti cha The dualist argues that tadpratiyoginaha=the pratiyogi of this negation i.e. the jagat is apratibhasika (since the negation is pratibhasika). Hence the contingency of it being paramarthika (absolutely real) would rise. This is because one cannot accept it to be vyavaharika, because the above discussion had entailed that … Continue reading »

Na cha militasya vishistasya va sadhytwe tasya kutrapi aprasiddha aprasidhivisheshanatwang The dualist now raises a point which he perceives to be a problem in the argument of the advaitin. This is as follows: The milita abhava= combined absence of existence and non-existence or the vishiahita abhava= absence of any one qualified by the other is … Continue reading »

Recapitulation: In the last lecture it was discussed that instead of accepting the sadhya to be satatyantabhava and asatatanytaabhava one can accept it to be satpratyogibheda and asatpratiyogibheda and this will lead to no complication. Pratiyogi is that whose absence is talked about. Hence satpratiyogibheda simply means different from sat, which is itself the pratiyogi … Continue reading »