Beyond The Mind, It Is The Vibration of Life." (sss26-24)

"Nyaya Dharshana declares that it is the human conscience that is the best judge.
Conscience is
beyond the mind, it is the vibration of life." (sss26-24)

According to veda the world is nāma (name) & rūpa (form).
Name is pada (word). Form is artha (object).
Therefore nāma-rūpa, the nature of the world, is pada-artha, or word-object.
The study of padārtha is nyāya śāstra or logic. (ss1972-13)

Nyāya darśana was given by Sage Gautama and hence it is also called Gautama Shastra. This forms
the life for the remaining five Dharshanas. We have measures to judge the quantity and volume of
material in the world. Even in respect of Divinity, a measure must be available by which the proof may
be obtained. Vedas speak of four kinds of proofs.
1. pratyakşa pramāņa (direct perception),
2. anumāna pramāņa (inference),
3. upamāna pramāņa (comparison),
4. śabda pramāņa (sound). [also know as āgama or āptavākya]
1. pratyakşa pramāņa (direct perception)
This is called direct proof, as it is perceived by the sense organs. These organs are only instruments.
The mind enters them and helps them to function. There are some limitations on the senses like
disease and imperfection, that make proof obtained by this method to be infirm. It can be concluded,
therefore, direct proof is not complete evidence for real justice. Any enquiry made with machines is
subject to errors just like the machine itself.

2. anumāna pramāņa (inference)
This is based on doubt and inference. One sees cranes in the distance, for example, and infers that
water could be available there. Similarly, one infers about fire by seeing the smoke, from the Sva-
bhava (self-feeling), one makes out about the Sva-rupa (real form).

3. upamāna pramāņa (comparison)
This kind of testimony is based on comparison. It enables us to understand many things that cannot
be otherwise easily understood, by comparing them to some others that can be.
1. By studying the prātibhāsika (apparent reality) [prāti filling, bhāsa lustre]

2. and the vyāvahārika (empirical reality), [vyava destuction, hāra remove]
3. one can infer about the pāramārthika (aboslute reality) [parama highest, artha goal]. ātman
For example, by studying the:
1. Foam (apparent reality) that originates from the

2. Waves (empirical reality), one can understand the reality of the
3. Ocean (transcendental reality).
This is possible because both the foam and the waves originate from the Ocean, and mirror its
character in them. This is the example cited for all beings emanating from the Ocean of Divinity as
waves. (sss26-24)
You have been told that there are three truths: prātibhāsika satya, vyāvahārika
satya and pāramārthika satya. Truth is only one and it is never threefold. We only think that it is
of three kinds.
1. prātibhāsika satya has neither basis nor any existence. It is our illusion. When there

is twilight, a little light and a little darkness, we come by a rope and mistake it to be a snake.
Really speaking, there is no snake there. The snake is only in our mind and the thing that is
really there is only the rope.
2. vyāvahārika satya is as if we stand before a mirror, we see our reflection in it. When we
move away, the reflection vanishes. Therefore, the reflection is not true. When the
original object is there, then only we will see the reflection. Here there is one basis, namely,
the original thing. Without the original, there is no reflection.
3. pāramārthika satya is an Entity that is present everywhere and at all times. This is the true
and eternal Reality. Here is an example. There is a silver cup in our hand. We give this to a
goldsmith and ask him to prepare a plate. Here the form and the name havechanged but silver
never changes. The Atma of silver, the core in all the forms, is only one. It does not
change. (ss1972-13)

4. śabda pramāņa (sound)
It is the proof garnered on the basis of sound. It is considered to be the ultimate proof. It is based on
the testimony of the sound that the Vedas, Vedangas, Upanishads and the Bhagavat Gita came into
existence. But, to be able to perceive this testimony, one must be properly attuned and extremely
careful. It needs one to travel beyond the mind and the senses. At this stage of Samana chitta (mental
equanimity), sound becomes the very form of God. The eight forms of God are
1. Sabda Brahma-mayi (sound)
2. Charachara-mayi (mobility & immobility)
3. Jyothir-mayi (light)
4. Vaang-mayi (speech)
5. Nityananda-mayi (eternal bliss)
6. Paratpara-mayi (supreme majesty)
7. Maya-mayi (delusion)
8. Sri-mayi (wealth)
Another significance in this is that God is most pleased with sound in the form of Sama gana (songs in
praise of God). It is said that Lord Vishnu once told Narada that He would always install Himself
wherever his devotees sang his glory with a full and devoted heart. This is the actual sound - the
songs that contain the glory of the Lord. In this way, Nyaya Dharshana lays down the four methods of
gathering proof. Students must listen to sounds that are Divine in nature. Nyaya Dharshana declares
that it is the human conscience that is the best judge. Conscience is beyond the mind, it is the
vibration of life. Words originate in the mind. But, when it comes to the tongue (body) it appears
different under different situations. When it goes beyond the mind, the word becomes Truth
itself. Vedas call this truth as Bhur. It is the radiation. In the materialization of body, this truth is all-
pervasive and is the vibration of that truth which is the conscience. Hence from Radiation comes
Vibration; from Vibration comes Materialization. (sss26-24)

Vedas and their form
It is said that:
 The word is itself Rig Veda. It is all effulgent.

 The mind is the Yajur Veda. The Yajur Veda is the form of the Mantras that originate in the
mind.
 Life is itself Sama Veda. Life gives breath. From this breath comes the song. Hence Sama
Veda is the form of life itself.
The three Vedas hence collectively state that God who is the effulgent One (as stated in Rig
Veda) must be prayed to and worshipped with the Mantras (as stated in Yajur Veda) and pleased by
sweet songs that are most endearing to Him (as stated in Sama Veda).God is most pleased by songs
alone and not by words or speeches. Once you understand and follow the six Dharshanas, you need
not do any other sadhana. (sss26-24)

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"Nyaya Dharshana declares that it is the human conscience that is the best judge.

1. By studying the prātibhāsika (apparent reality) [prāti filling, bhāsa lustre]

For example, by studying the:

1. Foam (apparent reality) that originates from the

1. prātibhāsika satya has neither basis nor any existence. It is our illusion. When there

 The word is itself Rig Veda. It is all effulgent.

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