Dear SrI JagannAthan :
Some additional thoughts on local resources :
1) Belur Sri Ramakrishna Matam , where there are
both adhviatha and VisishtAdhvaitha SanyAsis .
2) During your business trips to Chennai or Mumbay , you
can spend some time with SrI Matam or Andavan Aasramam
SrI Karyam Swamys to clarify all of your doubts . If you happen to
be at SrIrangam , HH Srimath PoundarIkapuram Andavan will help
you . If you ahppen to be at Mysore , there is a group of AchAryans
and great VaishNavite scholars , who can help you .
With best wishes ,
V.Sadagopan
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From: "K G Jagannathan" <kgjagan21@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Sadagopan" <sgopan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Ponnappan"
<Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 12:28 PM
Subject: [Oppiliappan] Re: " some questions "
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> Dear Sri Sadagopan,
>
> Thank you for your lead. I will buy the tome and
> perform a study. I have some basic knowledge about
> Advaita vedanta and i have some questions as a follow
> up:
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>> Jivan is an integral part of Brahman/Iswaran. Jivan
>> is
>> an amsam or an integral part of Brahman according
>> to
>> VisishtAdhvaitham . Jivan is an integral part of
>> Brahman and
>> it (JIvan) is however distinct but inseperable from
>> Brahman .
>
> The question, then is, is the jIva as an amSa of the
> brahman quantitatively equal to the brahman? How is it
> that an amSa of the brahman is not quantitatively
> equal to the whole of the brahman, if one assumes that
> the brahman is at once subtle and infinite at the same
> time?
>
>> Adhvaitham clings to the belief that Jivan and
>> Iswaran
>> ( Brahman) are one and the same ; after the
>> nescience
>> surrounding the Jivan is removed , it becomes one
>> with Brahman .
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> I believe there are some flaws in this idea as well.
> If the Brahman is quantitatively equal to the atman,
> according to Advaita, why is it that the Brahman
> becomes as subject of nescience (avidya)? It runs
> contrary to upanishadic doctrine that the brahman is
> all powerfull.
>
> I do realise that questions from me seem to be
> exponentially increasing and a few kilobytes of data
> would not be suffecient to knowledge from traditional
> learning under acharyas.
>
> I do hope other members can add to the conversation.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jagan
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