RE: What is service?
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• January 27, 1998
Bhagawatas, Thanks for some very interesting postings on kainkaryam in Moksha dasha. This leads me to a puzzling question on what is parama-purushartha (bhagawad kainkarya, jnana, or some other totally different thing). As far as I know (forgive me if there are errors) moksha is all of these ... a. ParipurNa BrahmAnubhavam ( ~ complete experience of the blissful brahman ) (a manifestation of jnantrtva) b. kainkaryam to BhagawAn (a manifestation of kartrtva) c. ParipurNa BrahmaAnandAnubhavam (~ complete "blissful" experience of the brahman) ( a manifestation of bhoktrtva ) These three features of moksha are so intertwined that it may be very difficult for us to understand them separately. For example, in the moksha dasha, paripurNa brahmAnubhavam results in full knowledge of 1. the svaroopa of Brahman (satyam, jnanam, anandam, amalam, etc. ), and 2. the famous Vishistadwaitic equation "supreme = supreme qualified by chit + achit", wherein we (the chit) are the supreme's sarira. This knowledge will result in his (the jeevatma's) full Anukulyam (total compliance) towards God as a servant resulting in unalloyed kainkaryam. Both of these result in the blissful experience of the chit + achit qualified NarayaNa ... ad infinitum. If this is the case, I would argue that the jnana is the predominating factor in all of these. In a sense, it was the unconstrained jnana that leads to kainkaryam, which results in an un-ebbing, ever-growing tide of bliss. So, parama-purushartham should be paripurNa jnana and not Bhagawad kainkaryam because the latter will result from the former anyway. -- Adiyen, Murali Kadambi ----------
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