Re: nitya-kainkarya & jIva's kartRtva
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• September 10, 2002
--- "Ramkumar T.G."wrote: > > SrImate rAmAnujAya nama: > > Just shooting from the hip - > > jIva-s' ability to act is real, though it derives from > and is subservient to the brahman. > SrI rAmAnjua describes it as 'tad-aayatta-kartRtva' > in gItA-bhAshya. > > If the jIva had no ability to act, the doctrine of > devotional service (ie nitya-kainkarya) would make no sense. True. curious to know - What is Bhagavaan Ramanuja's interpretations for the two following slokas: PrakRiti eva ca karmaani kriya maanaani sarvashhaH| yaH pasyati tat aatmaanam akartaaram saH pasyati|| and prakR^itaiH kriyamaaNaani guNaiH karmaaNi sarvashaH| ahankaaravimuuDhaatmaa kartaaham iti manyate|| Pranaams Sadananda ===== What you have is His gift to you and what you do with what you have is your gift to Him - Swami Chinmayananda. __________________________________________________ Yahoo! - We Remember 9-11: A tribute to the more than 3,000 lives lost http://dir.remember.yahoo.com/tribute -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@yahoogroups.com Group Home: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bhakti-list Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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