Monday, December 1, 2014

Truth Untruth and In-Between

In Vedanta everything is divided into three buckets

Truth(Sat): Truth is something that exists changeless forever and all places.
A good example is empty space it is the same everywhere irregardless of time or place whether India or America or morning or evening. (Of course according to Vedanta there is only one such thing and it is not space which is itself changeable)

Untruth(Asat): Untruth is something that never existed or will never exist anywhere. For example 1=0 or that the table is red and the table is blue. It essentially refers to a logical contradiction.

In-Between(Mithya): Things that have temporary existence are true in one place and not another. For example this table is red is true today and tomorrow after painting it over this table is blue is true.