What is reality? We define reality as that which has: 1) physical existence that is perceptible through any of our sense organs (astitva) irrespective of the observer, time or space, 2) is knowable (jneyatwa), and 3) is describable in any language (abhidheyatwa). Anything that violates these conditions is unreal. For example, a mirage is unreal […]
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Logic is the instrument for eliminating doubt. It is not a determinant of reality by itself – it is a subsidiary or aid to proof – which considers different alternatives of a generally known subject to arrive at the reality or the concept behind its existence or functioning. This may or may not be the
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Most people have a wrong notion about Vedanta, because most commentaries give partial explanations not covering all aspects. Thus, their translations do not give a correct picture. I had spoken on this in many important forums. Specifically, I had presented a paper last year in a National Seminar to commemorate the Millennium of Ramanuja, the
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On my post on the maxim of the six blind men and the elephant, a friend has raised some important questions. Here is my reply to him. How did the blind persons really touched different parts of ONE AND THE SAME elephant? In one variant of the story, they were not physically blind, but were
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WHAT IS DOUBT? Doubt is generally defined as a feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction. It is synonymous with indecision, hesitation, hesitancy, dubiousness, suspicion, confusion, etc. But the above description does not define the mechanism of such “feeling of uncertainty” or “lack of conviction”. Such “feeling” or “lack of conviction” arises from our perception