Dvaitadvaita Samvada
One of the core topics of debate in Indian philosophy is on the nature of reality-- more specifically, the difference between reality and existence. It is fairly easy to see that existential reality-- be it the physical universe, or the world of concepts and ideas, is incomplete. No system of representation of existence can explain itself. Mathematicians and philosophers-- both in the East and the West, have discovered this limit in many different ways. In Indian thought, reality is thought to be something that pervades all of existence and beyond. It is called by different names-- Brahman , Paramatma , Purusha , etc. that represents the only entity there is, and that is eternal. Existential reality of names and forms and features, is ephemeral, and is described variously as such, with names like Maya , Prakriti , etc. When it comes to describing ourselves as well, distinctions are made between the core of our being called Atma or Sakshi (witness), and our existential sense of self