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: > 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 . 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 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Would you Help a Child in need? It is easier than you think. Click Here to meet a Child you can help. http://us.click.yahoo.com/0Z9NuA/I_qJAA/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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