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 ----- Original Message ----- 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 " > > > > 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 Links > > > > > > > > ------------------------ 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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