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Re: The why of creation.

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vaidhehi_nc • May 1, 2002 


SriRAma Jayam,
SrimatE RAmAnujAya nama:

Dear Ranganathan,
          I felt like responding to your mail quoting something from
NDP. When you go by sruti,you are caught in a loop out of which 
you're not able to escape. Once, for an infinitesimal sec,I got 
attracted to sankara's philosophy but my dear RAmAnujA gripped me 
tightly. 

I personally don't agree to beginningless karmA/jIvA. It wasn't 
coexisting with God all the time! It must have come only after the 
creation. From NDP,I can quote off-handedly,Amalam AdipirAn:9 "Ala mA 
maratin ilai mEl...en nenjinaiyE". TiruppAN AzhwAr sang only on 
Azhagiya MaNavALan/Ranganatha. Kulashekharan's Tirumozhi:8:7 "Alin 
ilai bAlagaNAy anRu ulagam....ayoDthimanE tAlElO". What I infer from 
NDP is that PerumAL was there alone for some time. Then He created 
the universe. I don't think that HE created Himself,and karmA/jIvA 
simultaneously!  

If one can answer why HE did such such a thing,then it means that you 
know how HE thinks! GItAchAryan says nobody(means NOBODY)knows the 
secret of His birth. 

There are lots of people in scientific field who talk jargons so that 
others don't understand and also have a fear that they might be 
questioned!(that's why they use hi-fi words). 

May be you should put the question at the feet of Lord SriRanganatha 
Himself.

AzhwAr EmperumAnAr TiruvadigaLE saraNam
sarvam krSNArpaNam astu
gita

Quote:It's easy to make things appear complex,but to go in the 
opposite direction,requires a touch of genius - Albert Einstein
 

--- In bhakti-list@y..., govt auditor  wrote:
> Dear Bhaktas,
> I have been a silent participant in the group and have
> immensely benefited from all of your postings. This is
> the first time I am posting a mail. I wanted to know
> whether there is any scriptual context in which the
> following questions have been answered. I will be
> extremely grateful and thank you all in advance for
> your invaluable replies:
> 1. Before the universe became manifested there was
> nothing existing and everything was unmanifested form
> and contained in god. The question that arises is "Why
> did god create universe and the living beings?"
> 2. Because the cycle of karma, rebirth etc started
> only after creation, the question of karma etc should
> be non-existent before bod created universe etc.
> Pardon me for my ignorance and if I have offended
> anyone by these questions, I apoligise in advance.
> Adiyen,
> Ramanuja Dasan.
> Ranganathan Sounderrajan
> 
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