Re: a question on nitya-suris
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• April 25, 2000
There is one more sruthi saying " nasat assetno sataseet ..."(Rg. ved ?) which means"neither sat nor asat was present " ... Scholars please refer to this sruthi also and explain the apparent contradiction. Regards, rajiv On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, Kasturi Varadarajan wrote: > Dear friends, > The Chandogya Upanishad referring to the creation of the universe says > that this was `sat' alone which is one only without a second. > > sad-eva saumya idam agra AsIt ekam eva advitIyam > > This Ramanuja interprets as saying that during dissolution chit and > achit exist in their subtle form. And Brahman with chit and achit in their > subtle form can be described as `one without a second' > > > On the other hand, we have the nitya-suris who have been in Vaikuntha > for ever irrespective of the state of the universe in its cosmic cycle. They > can hardly be said to be unmanifest or in their subtle form. How are these > facts reconciled, if reconciliation is needed at all? > > thanks > Kasturi > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Your high school sweetheart-where is he now? With 4.4 million alumni > already registered at Classmates.com, there's a good chance you'll > find her here. Visit your online high school class reunion at: > http://click.egroups.com/1/3139/2/_/716111/_/956683956/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - > To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@eGroups.com > Visit http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/ for more information > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get 3 months FREE and a chance to WIN a trip to London, England when you receive, manage and pay your bills online with Paytrust.com! Stamps, checks and bills in your mailbox are history. Enroll Today! http://click.egroups.com/1/3556/2/_/716111/_/956773358/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@eGroups.com Visit http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/ for more information
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