Understanding the Concept of Space or Akasha and Time or Kala: The Concept of Ajiva, the Concept of Space – Ajiva, the Concept of Time or Kala

Understanding the Concept of Space or Akasha and Time or Kala

The Concept of Ajiva

• Space and time come under ajiva.
• Ajiva means non-living or without soul.
• Ajiva is an extended dravya or Asti-kaya dravya. They extend in space.
• They are all without life and consciousness or soul.

• So, matter, space, motion, rest and time are all without life and consciousness or soul.
• They are also called Pudgala, Akasha, dhamra, adharma, and kala.

Note: The contradictory of ajiva is Jiva. Jiva is like …

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The Concept of Adhyasa, Maya and Superimposition

The Concept of Adhyasa or Superimposition

• According to Advaita Vedanta, there is a self-evident difference between the subject and the object.
• The subject is pure-consciousness, the light, the I, etc.
• Whereas, the object is unconsciousness, the dark, the Non-I.
• Hence, the two are opposed to each-other. Yet, it is a common and a natural practice to superimpose one upon the other.
• In other words, according to Shankara, people wrongly super-impose the object and its attributes upon the subject.
• This coupling…

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