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Dennisji ,

 

i had sent an email to Shrimaan subbuji enquring on this subject and

quick references in Advaitic texts on the word bAdhA! Such is the

stuff bhakta -jnanis are made of !

 

Here it is:

 

Namaste Madam,Thanks for your best wishes. Here is a short reply to

what you asked: SrIgurubhyo NamaHAcharya Sri Shankara Bhagavatpaada

has used this word extensively in His prasthAna traya bhashyam. As

a sample, one can see this word used several times, in just this

one Bhashyam of the Brahma Sutra: II.i.14. It is a pretty lengthy

commentary and someone who takes up the reading patiently from the

start of this bhashyam will encounter even after about 40 lines into

the bhashyam, in just one sentence, three usages , in different

forms, of this word: bAdha. Some more instances of the usage, in

the meaning of sublation, can be found in this very bhashyam.

 

A quick search of His other works yielded these results:

 

UpadeshasAhasrI, a work of undisputed authorship of the Acharya, we

have this verse: 162 starting with the word: `bAdhyate…'

 

Upadesha pancharatnam: The fifth verse has the word: `jagadidam tad

bAdhitam dRShyatAm' meaning: Let one have the direct vision of the

PUrNAtmA and experience for himself the sublation of this world'.

 

After just these samples of the revered Acharya's usage, let us

look at Sri Sureshwaracharya's usage of this word, again samples:

 

Naishkarmyasiddhi: ch. I. verses 38, 55 . Ch. II verses 103,

104 . Ch.III verse 73.

 

 

 

Swami Vidyaranya says in Panchakosha viveka in Panchadashi (while

explaining Satyam jnaanam anantham brahma):

 

Satyatvam baadha raahityam jagad bhaadaika saakshinah

Baadhah Kim sakshiko broohi na tu asaakshika ishyathe

 

Satyatva means that which is devoid of cessation (BADHA means

sublation – eg: is the snake being sublated when rope is known) and

that which is the witness to the cessation of the world. If it is

asked what is the witness to the SAKSHI which also can be sublated

- this is wrong as there need to be a sakshi for all

sublation & this sakshi is never subleted.

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Negation (baadha) consists in the determination of the mithya nature

(mithyaatvam) of jagat and jiva (i.e. the antahkarana cidaabhaasa

mixture) and the reality (satyatvam) of Paramatma. (6.12, 13, 14).

 

 

One can see this term used in this sense of sublation/negation in

the Advaita Siddhi of Sri Madhusudana Saraswati.

 

 

 

Best regards,

subbu

Om Tat Sat

 

 

 

There are other usages in Advaita shastra like: `bAdhita-anuvRtti'

to mean: the continuance of the vyavaharic world for some time for

the Jnani, till the end of the prarabdha karma.

 

There is another term: `bAdhAyAm sAmAnAdhikaraNyam'. Generally, for

the Upanishadic statement: `sarvam khalvidam Brahma', this

explanation is given: The equation is: All this = Brahman indeed.

In `All this' there is variety, difference. In Brahman there is no

such variety/difference. How can there be an equation? It is

possible by the `sublation' of the difference by realizing their

underlying unchanging transcendental Truth, substratum, Brahman, and

disregarding the appearance of names and forms as unreal.

 

 

 

adi_shakthi16 <adi_shakthi16 wrote:

Saadar Pranaams !

 

we miss your posts a lot in Avaitin group.

 

currently , there is a discussion on what is the correct meaning of

the word 'bAdhA' in Advaita .

 

Could you kindly explain the meaning of this word using scriptural

references , pl ?

 

is bAdhA - sublation, negation, refutation etc ?

 

pl help us , respected subbuji

 

HAPPY NAVARATRI!

 

WITH REGARDS

 

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Narji : i hope you find all these references useful ! Thank you ,

Nairji, but for your relentless questiong we would have never known

what 'bAdhA'really means !

 

Michaelji , from 'scandulous' questions come scholarly replies !

Smile :-)

 

love and regards