VEDANTA

Science of Consciousness

pravilapana

pravilāpana

Dissolution. From pra + vi + the Sanskrit root lī, to dissolve, to merge into, to absorb. It is the dissolution of the cognitive experience of difference (bheda), even though difference is still perceived sensually.

Extended definition:
  • pravilapana
    Dissolution is not, as some think, a dissolution or destruction of name and form in Brahman, so that nothing more is perceived.
     
    It is like the cognitive dissolution of the pot into its substrate, clay (and similarly, of the pot-space into space); it is the dissolution of the notion of being a separate individual (jīva).
     
    There is no need to destroy the pot to realize that what is there is clay! In fact, there is nothing to destroy. Everything is the true substrate of brahman, consciousness. It is only in the knowledge of vastu that everything is dissolved.
     
    Thus, pravilāpana occurs when the tripuṭi bheda, the apparent, threefold division between jñātā—the knower, jñeya—the known, and jñāna—is no longer experienced. This is mokṣa.

The explanation of this Sanskrit term was written by Simon de Jong.
On the index page you will find the complete Sanskrit glossary.

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