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K.S.Venkataraghavan • November 7, 2002 


Dear Pradeep

While I dont want to comment on your analogy but still would like and 
love to add few rejoinders .. please read further...

 > At a more unified theory level, non-controversial people would say
 > that "Nirgunam" and "Sagunam" are like the 2-sides of a paper.
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--- I would like to know what the contreversy is all about..and who the 
controversial
and non controversial people are ???.. -:)

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 > Just as the paper definitely has 2-sides and appears based on which > 
 > side and how we look at it, Lord also is both "Nirgunam" (wihtout
 > Rajas,and Tamas gunas) and yet "Sagunam" posessing 
Ananta-Kalyaana-Gunams. >
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There are some fallacies (as I see) in the above ....

So I shall put them as questions and intend to start off another thread....

1) What do the terms Nirgunam and Sagunam exactly Mean??
2) Are they antonyms??
3) As according to the statement above does it mean that the absence of 
Rajas and Tamas gunas alone is nirgunam??
4) So what about Sathva Guna?? Why the same hasnt been 
included(listed).. ??
5) If Satva Guna is not included does it mean presence of (Sudha) satvam 
is Nirgunam??
6) If it is a typo and so you feel that Satva guna must have been 
included(listed).. can we take that absence of such gunas themselves
as a way to to distinguish between a Saguna entity and Nirguna entity??
7)  If  so dont you feel absence of "Gunams" itself a Gunam for a 
Nirguna entity??

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 > (the last paragraph is not my personal view, but I have heard the
 > above being said by quite a few pravachana-kartaas)
 >
 > Radhe Krishna
 >
 > -- Pradeep

------- IMHO the content and saaraamsam of pravachanams by many 
pravachana karthas are heavily dependednt on time place and audience.
you may see at times the same pravachana kartha would be establishing  
different view (s) from one place to the other.

regards
Venkat



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