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सत्य और मिथ्या: नएपन की तलाश || आचार्य प्रशांत, शून्यता सप्तति पर (2023)
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Shunyatasaptati
Nagarjuna
Sat and Asat
Shunya
Bodha
Anubhav
Maya
Pragyanam Brahma
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Acharya Prashant explains the fundamental principles of existence based on the sixth verse of Shunyatasaptati by Acharya Nagarjuna. He emphasizes that the dimensions of the Real (Sat) and the Unreal (Asat) are entirely distinct and cannot transform into one another. Truth cannot produce falsehood, and falsehood cannot become truth. Therefore, the concepts of birth and death, or coming and going, are illusory because they imply a transformation between existence and non-existence that is logically impossible. Any event that appears to be 'new' is merely a modification of the old, as nothing original can be born or destroyed in the realm of the Unreal. This perceived novelty is described as 'Shunya' or void, a kaleidoscopic play of the Unreal that deceives the mind into seeking fulfillment in external changes. True transformation, according to Acharya Prashant, does not occur in the realm of external events but in the realm of vision and insight. He argues that while the world is a constant flux of events, none of these events can provide the fundamental change or 'newness' that a suffering being seeks. Real change happens when one shifts from being a participant in the events to being a witness, much like moving from the chaotic ground level of a festival to the silent expanse of the sky. This shift is the movement from experience (Anubhav) to understanding (Bodha). While experience is rooted in the past and the senses, Bodha is an orthogonal dimension that transcends time and provides liberation from the cycle of desire and fear. He further clarifies the relationship between experience and understanding, stating that while a small amount of experience is necessary for testing and learning, an obsession with accumulating experiences is a sign of ignorance. A wise person uses a 'sample' of experience to understand the whole of existence, whereas an ignorant person repeatedly seeks the same experiences without ever reaching a conclusion. True Bodha allows one to see the universal in the particular—to see the entire ocean in a grain of sand or the reality of death in a falling leaf. Ultimately, the speaker concludes that liberation comes not from running horizontally across the earth in search of a better place, but from rising vertically into the 'sky' of consciousness through right seeing and understanding.