Brahma Sutras : ( 10/04/2013. )

 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, August 2, 2021. 7:35. AM. Chapter 3: Erroneous Notions Refuted -1. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Desires pertaining to the objects of the world cannot be fulfilled for the reason that the mind accepts them to be outside. An 'outside' thing cannot become an 'inside' thing. So, all desires are futile in their nature. They are a will-of-the-wisp, a phantasmagoria that you are pursuing. In the vyavaharika satta, in the practical and pragmatic state of existence, the world seems to be on par with you. You can shake hands with it. But you cannot shake hands with Brahman, the Absolute. The world exists as an empirical, practical, pragmatic reality. Therefore vijnanavada is not correct in saying that the world does not exist at all in any way. It exists