Dravyādvaita
Dravyādvaita · dravya-advaita, “oneness in possessions”
Grammar: neuter noun; a compound of dravya (a thing, substance, wealth) and advaita (non-duality): “non-duality in the matter of things”.
Meaning: the oneness of possessions: the view in which, in the matter of wealth and enjoyment, there is no difference of “mine” and “another’s” between oneself and one’s family and all other living beings. It is the third of the three advaitas of the ātmā.
In the scriptures: Nārada Maharshi teaches Yudhishṭhira that the sādhaka who reflects on the three advaitas of the ātmā, bhāvādvaita, kriyādvaita and dravyādvaita, removes the three “dreams”, waking, dream and sleep, or knower, knowledge and known, and is steadfast in the ātma-tattva. Bhāvādvaita sees that the difference of effect and cause, like cloth and thread, is not real and dissolves in the one principle; kriyādvaita offers all acts of mind, speech and body directly to Parabrahma; and dravyādvaita is the view in which, for the sādhaka, in the matter of artha and kāma, earning wealth and enjoying the pleasures of the senses, there is no difference of “mine” and “another’s” between himself, his wife, his children, his relatives and the like, and all other living beings (Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 7, Chapter 15).
Related terms: Advaita · Bhāvādvaita · Kriyādvaita · Dravya · Mamakāra
Sources
- Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 7, Chapter 15