Wednesday, 20 November 2019


विजातीय-स्वजातीय-स्वगत-भेदः


"In treatises on Vedanta three kinds of bheda (difference) are mentioned:

i) Vijātīya-bheda: the difference between objects of different kinds or species; as for example the difference between a tree and a cow. The difference between Purusha and Prakriti in Sānkhya philosophy is of this kind. The difference between God and the souls in the Judeo-Christian and Islamic traditions is also of this kind. Just as the potter and the pot can never be the same, so also the Creator and creature can never be the same. This is not the type of difference between the individual Self and the Supreme Self accepted in Dvaita schools of Vedanta.

ii) Sajātīya-bheda: the difference between objects of the same kind or species; as for instance the differences between two mango trees. The difference between two Purushas in Sānkhya philosophy, and the difference between two liberated selves in Ramanuja’s philosophy, are of this type.

iii) Svagata-bheda: the differences found among the parts of the same object; as for instance the difference among the branches, leaves, and flowers of a mango tree, or the differences between rind, pulp, and seeds of a Bel fruit. This is the type of difference between Atman, the individual Self, and Brahman in the dualistic schools of Ramanuja, Madhva, and others. This kind of difference is necessary for the soul to adore and love God and enjoy the bliss of Brahman.
  
But Sankara denies even svagata-bheda in Brahman (विजातीय-स्वजातीय-स्वगत-भेद-रहितम्); according to him the individual Self attains oneness with Brahman, so much so that it becomes Bliss itself."

Space is devoid of स्वजातीय-भेद and स्वगत-भेद
There is only one space.
Within itself, space does not have any division.
It has only विजातीय-भेद wrt Brahman. 
Whereas Brahman is Consciousness, space is inert.

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