The concept of anādi which means ‘beginningless’, is challenging to grasp for many. Below I present mathematical representations of the anādi concept and related concepts below. Hopefully they make things easier to understand.
Assign the value ‘true’ when there is presence or existence of something.
Assign the value ‘false’ when there is absence of something.
Let t be time. t = 0 is the current time.
- anādi existence of something
f(t) = true ∀ t∈(-inf,0] - anādi absence of something
f(t) = false ∀ t∈(-inf,0] - something is ananta
f(t) = true ∀ t∈[0,inf) - nitya existence of something (anādi and ananta)
f(t) = true ∀ t∈(-inf, inf) - nitya absence of something (like the horns of a rabbit)
f(t) = false ∀ t∈(-inf, inf) - prag-abhāva of something
f(t) = false ∀ t∈(-inf, 0] - pradhvamsa-abhāva of something
f(t) = false ∀ t∈(0, inf) - atyanta-abhāva of something
f(t) = false ∀ t∈(-inf, inf) - anyonya-abhāva of A in B or B in A
A∩B = 0
The problem of the ātmā can be now succinctly defined as follows. Let the event be – Bhagavat-saksātkara or direct experience of Bhagavān. Assign a value false to the function f (t) if no saksātkara has happened. The anādi absence of Bhagavat-saksātkara or direct experience of Him can be represented as:
f(t) = false ∀ t∈(-inf,0]
This is the problem to be solved.
Hari
Can you explain what is the difficuty?
f(t) = false ∀ t∈(-inf,0]
This is the problem to be solved.
I might have wrong understanding of your post, since some sanskrit terms I don’t understand.
I don’t understand your question.
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The problem of the ātmā can be now succinctly defined as follows. Let the event be – Bhagavat-saksātkara or direct experience of Bhagavān. Assign a value false to the function f (t) if no saksātkara has happened. The anādi absence of Bhagavat-saksātkara or direct experience of Him can be represented as:
f(t) = false ∀ t∈(-inf,0]
This is the problem to be solved.
End of quote.
What problem is to be solved?
Please tolerate my curiosity.
The problem is that we have never experienced Bhagavan directly. This is to be solved.