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s.ramachandran • April 17, 2003 


In the Patanjali Yoga Sutras, the Great Patanjali, who is none other than
an incarnation of Adi Seshan, mentions among the possible solutions very
tersly "Iswarapranidanani" i.e. devotion to Iswara.  In the next sutra he
starts defining Iswara.

Iswara according to him is one who is Maha Purusha and who is untouched by
Time, space and Kleshas (simplistically put, imperfections).  Patanjali has
very cleverly and appropriately not talked about God or any form
Shiva/Vishnu etc. He just defines concepts. In short, a perfect being
/entity.

So, if you want to know more about the dear Lord of ours, you cannot bring
in time.  Even a full life time of 100 years is not enough.

Wanting to know about various Sampradayas is one thing, but wanting to know
with the motive to speed up the knowledge is different and may not be
appropriate.

Hope this is taken in the right spirit in which it is echoed and not as a
critcism on your query.
Lastly hope it is a typo. Humbly request you to exercise extra care next
time in spelling out the Lord's name. It is a proper name beginning with a
Capital V.

Om Tat Sat
           
--- "bharathradhekrishna.chennu"
 wrote:
> what is the difference between gaudiya samparadaya
> and ramanuja
> sampradaya.which sampradaya is useful in
> understanding lord vishnu in
> less time.
>


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