Definition
- Neti Neti ('not this, not this') is a method of discrimination (viveka) used on the path of knowledge to negate everything that is not the self, arriving at the experiencer by elimination.
Key Teachings
- Neti Neti is the subtractive method: whatever can be objectified (seen, known, experienced) is 'not this' — the subject remains.
- It is a process of discrimination between the seer and the seen, the knower and the known.
- By systematically negating the body, senses, mind, intellect, and all objects of experience, the self is revealed as what remains.
- Neti Neti is the method of the subtractive path — removing what you are not to discover what you are.
Related Concepts
- Subtractive Path
- Discrimination
- Viveka
- Self
- Self-realization
- Negation