Dear Sri Vishnu, I was quoting Nappinnai's note on doing things for His pleasure (or displeasure as she mentioned :-)) and wondering how it fit into her line of questioning on the 'action' of the jIvatma. Nevertheless, to your answer your question, it is my understanding that a true sEsha bhUta has to do everything for His pleasure - including the giving up of the sEsha bhAvam is He desires it. If mere existence is all that is required, then how do you stop actions such as killing, destructing a temple, etc. Surely, you'd agree that such actions are not meant for His pleasure and as such are to be avoided. If that is the case, then does the jIva have independence in action? Please see Smt Jayasree Saranathan's excellent post recently on this. adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan --- Vishnu <vsmvishnu@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > --- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, TCA Venkatesan > <vtca@xxxx> wrote: > > Dear Vaidehi, > > > > Dear Sriman Venkatesan, > > Do we have to do something for His pleasure? Is not our > very > existence for Him? Is our liberation also not for Him as > it is > said "chEtana lAbham bhagavat prIti"? > > dAsan > Vishnu > > > > > > If you perform actions for the pleasure of the Lord, > > then are you acting with independence? > > > > adiyEn > > > > > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/.itolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ramanuja/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ramanuja-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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