Dear Dr. Saroja Ramanujam : Thanks very much for your enjoyable response to Sriman K.JagannAthan's question . Although such questions are not easy to answer over the medium of Internet mails, You have successfully highlighted the answers to this deep question . The central issues relating to" the Free will of the Jeevan and the souverignity of the ParamAthmA " are beautifully covered by U.Ve.Sri Neduntheru KaNNan Swamy of Chennai. His monograph on the subject is an outstanding one and is in English. I would also like Sriman JagannAthan to acquire and read the exquisite three volume commentaries on Srimath Bhagavath Geethai for a clearer understanding of these difficult concepts . A seperate e-book in English summarizing Swamy AlavanthAr's GeethArTa Sangraham , AchArya RaamAnujA's GeethA BhAshyam and Swamy Desikan's Taathparya Chandrika will be released in the Sundara Simham web site at the end of this Month: http://www.Sundarasimham.org Thank you again for being an excellent source for responding to Member's questions with PramANams . NamO NaarAyaNAya , V.Sadagopan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Saroja Ramanujam" <sarojram18@xxxxxxxxx> To: <Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 1:33 AM Subject: Re: [Oppiliappan] Sense of agency in Bh G 18.66 In Visishtadvata the Lord is the inner self of all and the jiva is in relation to Him as a body to the soul.So the true agent is Him and not the jiva. The actions of jiva cause agencyship to the jiva only when they are desire motivated. A devotee acts as an instrument of God in the spirit of Kaayena vaachaa mansendhriyairvaa buddhyaatmanaavaa prkrthersvabhaavaat karomi yatyat sakalam parasmai naaraayanaayethi samarpayami.Jiva is the sesha, dependent and belongs to the Lord, who is the seshi.and the aadhaara and niyanthaa, the support and the controller. Sence of agency to jiva is not an illusion but due to wrong identification with body mind and intellect which are guided by ragadvesha. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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