Saturday, September 24, 2011

Vaisheshika - 07 - Akasha, Kala, Dik

But then what about Sound?

The  Special Quality sound is not inalienably associated  with any of the four elements - Earth, Water, Fire and Air. Sound can be associated with any one of them but the removal of sound does not change the basic nature of fire.

Thus there must be a more subtle reality to account for Sound which is an objective reality. And this is Akasha, which is by definition an all-pervading, eternal continuum, a medium of interaction of interacting Paramanus.

The five Realities are known as bhUtas - "that which is".

But then how does one account for past, present, future?
This necessitates another higher level of subtle Reality - kAla or Time.

But then how does one account for the spatial orderliness of periodic events?
This necessitates another higher level of subtle Reality - Dik or Space.

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