I. THE SELF
SwAmi PiLLai LokAchAryar explains the Self with five features
attributable to the self. i.Different from the physical body; ii. Permanent; iii. Not subject to transformation; iv. Atomic; v. Seat of knowledge and happiness; vi.
Owned by EmperumAn and is paranthanthran to Him.
i.
Different from that of the body: AtmA is different from that of
the body. (adiyEan
vuLLAn vudAl vuLLan?thiruvAi
mozhi 8-8-2 ? The Lord is in the AtmAn and also the body which means that
the Atman and body are different.) ii Permanent : Not subject to either
creation nor death. Then what is birth and death? Birth is the Atman being
settling in the body and death is release from the body. (AtmA cannot be burnt
by fire not doused by water or tortured by weapons ?Srimadh Bhagavath
GethA) iii.Not subject to Transformation: The soul neither grows not depletes or
deteriorates. Iv Atomic: The AtmA is atomic. v. The Atman is seat of knowledge and
happiness. vi.The Atman is EmperumAn?s : As mentioned by Thirumangai AzhwAr in
Periya Thriumozhi ?..madai Ar nElam vayal sUzh ThriukkaNNapuram
vudaiyAnukku, adiyEan oruvaRku
vuriyEanOA??
Periya Thriumozhi 8-9-3; vii.Parathanthran: The AtmA acts to the liking and desire of the Lord and
for the Lord.Therefore, AthmA does not do acts as per its
wish. -The word ?adiyEan? in the pAsuram ?adiyEan vuLLAn? refers to the soul as adiyEan ThriuvAimozhi 8-8- 2 and GuruparampArA prabhAvam ?ThriukkOshtiyUr nimbi-s explanation and Edu aptly explains this.The AtmA is subservient to the Lord though knowledge and anandham are its basic nature.
dAsan vanamamalai padmanabhan azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam
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