Unity is Real, Diversity is Unreal

This is one of my favourite dialectical argument for the ultimate unreality of difference. This argument is given by Mandana Mishra.


Following is the argument:

• The self and the world are not different because difference is possible between two perceived entities and self is never perceived.
• Difference is not nature (svarupa) of different entities.
• Difference is neither a characteristic (dharma) different from the different entities.
• Whereas, Self is always present and cannot be negated. So neither negation nor difference is possible.
• The perceiving Self is of the nature of perception, hence its non-perception is impossible.
• Negation is of the nature of non-perception. Hence negation is impossible.
• Difference is of nature of negation, so difference is impossible.

more on this later....