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Brahman's omnipresence after cosmic dissolution

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Ramkumar T.G. • Fri Aug 23 2002 - 04:29:14 PDT 


asmad sarva-gurubhya: nama:
SrI-vishNave nama:

Dear Members,

Wondering as to how the folowing descriptions of
the brahman (ie SrIman-nArAyaNa) relate to one another:

a) antaryAmi-tva (pervasiveness, a.k.a svarUpa-vyApti)

b) vibhu-tva (omnipresence)

c) ananta-tva (spatial, temporal & material transcendence)

d) satya-tva (immutability)


Trying to understand these properties in the following states:

1) praLaya-daSa (ie the material universe in its dissovled state)

2) during jagat-sRshTi (cosmos regeneration after dissolution)


Question:

q1) Does only matter, but not Space (deSa) collapse 
    during praLaya?    
    That way the brahman as vibhu does not need to shrink down
    and satya-tvam & ananta-tva remain valid.

q2) Does 'vibhu-tva' go by the name 'antaryAmi-tva' when we speak of
    the brahman in relation to jIva-s or matter ?
   

Thanks,

aDiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan
//Ramkumar   




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