re:question on nitya suris
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• April 28, 2000
Dear bhagavatha, There are slokhas in Bhagavad gita like slokha 2 of chapter 14 and around 2 slokhas in chapter 8,where Lord krishna says that those who reach him are untouched during each creation and dissolution.This implies the following:- 1.There are mukthas with the lord during creation and dissolution. 2.Except for those persons with him in the transcendental realmn,all others(bound souls) are subject to modifications from the point of view of their dharma-bhuta gnana during creation and pralaya. Now,when the above is true with respect to muktha atmas,then what to speak of nitya suris.Surely they are untouched by the play of the lord,such as creation and dissolution in the leela vibhuti. What uddalaka says to his son svetaketu in chandogya upanishad is the immenence(antaryamitva) of the Lord in jiva and prakriti in leela vibhuti(i.e that portion of his body where creation and dissolution takes place) in both their subtle (pralaya) and gross (creation or shristi)aspects.In both cases,he alone is the one Ultimate reality having the other two classes of realities as his modes,with only the difference that in creation there is a mixture of prakriti and jiva in various forms identified by different names and in dissolution they go back to their undifferentiated state forcing the person telling the upanishad that everything he sees at that state is only the one lord just as arjuna says in chapter 11 of bhagavad gita"O Krishna,as you pervade all,so you are all". Hope,this helps. Sri krishnaarpanamasthu B.N.Suresh __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online and get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get paid for the stuff you know! Get answers for the stuff you donÂ’t. And get $10 to spend on the site! http://click.egroups.com/1/2200/2/_/716111/_/956948331/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------- - 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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