SrI: Dear Sriman JagannAthan : You seem to be resident in India . The questions that you are asking are central to our doctrine and would need careful study by you to grasp them . If you do not mind , I will be happy to connect you to a VaishNavite Scholar close to your city and request him to help clear your doubts . You can meet with him . Answers thru this medium will create more questions that can be solved in a face to face meeting(s) setting and help you . Please send me a private mail about your location so that I can take the next step. Please also let me know which AchArya Paramparai that you belong to . With Best wishes , V.Sadagopan --- Original Message ----- From: "K G Jagannathan" <kgjagan21@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 8:42 PM Subject: [Oppiliappan] some questions > > > Dear Members, > > I have a couple of inter-related questions: > > Are the number of individual jIvas infinite or finite? > > Are jIvas parts of the Brahman or need the Brahman as > a substrate? > > If the Upanishad Vakya "Ayam Atma Brahma" is true, how > does one explain the difference between Atma and > Brahma? > > Keeping that flow of thought, if Atma is a "part" of > the Brahma, why is tha Atma subject to karma and not > the brahman? Isn't the Brahman limitless and hence > even parts of the Brahman share the same qualities as > the wholesome Brahman itself? > > I am sorry if this sounds too much, but these > questions have been nagging my mind for quite a while. > > Regards, > > Jagan > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partner online > Go to: http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matrimony > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/hjtSRD/3MnJAA/i1hLAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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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