Lord Sananda on the Illusion and Reality of theBody/SOUL_Mithya

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Mithya is a very important concept in Vedanta. It is like a foundation of

Vedanta teaching. The classic examples frequently used in Vedanta teaching

are the snake on the rope, pot superimposed on clay, gold ornaments are

nothing but names and forms superimposed on its sub-stratum, which is gold.

In all these examples the superimpositions are Mithya and the sub-stratum

alone is 'real', e.g. snake, pot and ornaments are Mithya because their

existence is dependent upon the existence of rope, clay, and gold

respectively, which alone are real. It is thus concluded that when rope is

apprehended, the illusory snake disappears, all clay pots are essentially

clay only in different names and forms, all gold ornaments are nothing but

gold only.

 

Therefore, Mithya means that which does not have an independent existence.

Its existence depends upon something else. Dream is Mithya in relation to

the dreamer. There can be no dream without the presence of the dreamer (the

subconscious mind). For anything to exist there has to be a sub-stratum or

another medium to support it. For the visible world, the substratum is the

Atman, Self, Consciousness, God etc. It is like a movie projected on the

screen in the background as it's substratum. The world does not have an

independent existence, its existence is dependent upon the existence of God,

therefore it is Mithya. There has to be a cause for the effect to exist. God

alone is the causeless cause for this world, which can and does exist

independent of anything else. Therefore God alone is the TRUTH and

everything else is Mithya.

 

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"prakki surya" <dattapr2000

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Sunday, September 18, 2005 7:44 AM

Re: Lord Sananda on the Illusion and Reality of

theBody/SOUL

 

 

> friends

>

> Sankara never told that this world is not a truth. He told that this world

> is Mithya. Mithya means very little truth, which can be almost considered

> as untrue. The dream is Mithya. Any body in the dream cannot call it as a

> dream