Posting 3c) Classification of Reals Contd.

May 7, 1999

Dear Bhagavatas,

Definition 1 ( a more precise statement):

A real that under the influence of an external real is

subject to change (i.e., a change which is inseparably

related to the real), as recognized by the valid means of

acquiring knowledge, is denoted a substance.

Axiom 2: A non-substance cannot exist independent of a

substance.

***Combining definition 1 and axiom 2, we can conclude

that a catalyst (the real that brings about the change) must

also be a substance.

Example 2.

A Light bulb is a substance (dravya.) Just like the monitor

screen, the light bulb is also subject to change; the change

is inseparably related to the light bulb and is initiated by the

power button (the power button is a real not within the

light bulb.) [i am making use of the refined statement of

definition 1 to classify a real as a substance.]

Example 3. [ An example where a real undergoes a

modification, but the modification is not considered an

attribute, since it is not inseparably related to the real.]

A pencil is a real. Treat it as an unclassified item, for now.

Placing the pencil on a sheet of paper initiates a change,

but this modification is not an attribute of the pencil, as it

is not inseparably related to it.

Note the following:

1. Under the old definition 1, this change would have been

sufficient to classify the real as a substance. However, we

would have not been able to call the modification an

attribute by Definition 3.

2. Now with the refined definition 1 (the correct one) this

change would not be sufficient for us to classify the real

as a substance. Further, as was the case before, by

definition 3 the modification would not qualify as an attribute.

This is the correct set of conclusions!

3. Examples were concocted

4. See how thorough our Acharyas were! What a

structured, rational, and thorough exposition on the nature

of reality. You will see it more and more as we go along.

Adiyen

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