BSJM

 A

Therefore, apart from Brahman as Existence, that part of the world

that we perceive has to be accorded a lower order of reality. When we talk of the

perceived world as vyavaharika satyam, it includes the bodies and minds of living

beings. Orders of reality lower than Brahman are covered by the technical term,

―mithya‖. For the absolute reality of Brahman and the mithya status of the

perceived world the Sanskrit expression is ―Brahmasatyam jaganmithya‖. Things

like snake seen on the rope, silver seen on the shell, the dream perceived world etc,

are pratibhasika satyam. The experienced dream world is also pratibhasika

satyam.

A

But a rare wise man, seeking liberation from births and

deaths and turning the vision inwards sees (i.e. after study, recognises) the

pratyagatma (the Brahma caitanyam available in the individual).‖ ―The foolish ones

wallow in external objects and are caught in the bondage of mortality (i.e., the cycle

or birth and death and suffering and sorrow). Whereas the wise ones, with

discrimination, having learnt that the goal is immortality (i.e. liberation from the

cycle of births and deaths) give up the desire for the impermanent objects of the

perceived world.‖

A

There is a single Brahman, just as there is a single sun; there do not exist other

Brahmans from which It can be distinguished, unlike a blue lotus that can be

(marked out from a red one) Definition marks out an entity from everything else

(sarvata eva nivartakaani).

A