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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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