Sri: Dear Sri Krishna Tatachar swami, Thanks a lot. You had mentioned there are five forms but quoted only four of them viz., vyUha, vibhava (avatAra),antaryAmin (in-dewller), and archa.Sri Vaikuntam and Ksheerabdhi are vyUha forms of the Lord is what you are inferring. Adiyen Dasan, Venkatesan Tatachar@xxxxxxx wrote: Dear Sriman Venkatesan, aNOraNIyAn mahatO mahIyAn Subtler than the subtlest, bigger than the biggest! (Never mind the grammatical correctness here) puruSHa Eva idam sarvam (Lord is ALL). It is not so much that Lord is part of the world, it is the other way. The world is part of the Lord. Even as we write God is nowhere, God is NOW here! Five forms of Lord are recognized for our reference and reverence: vyUha, vibhava (avatAra),antaryAmin (in-dewller), and archa. This is not meant to limit the unlimited lord by any means, but rather to make it meaningful for us who have not broken all limits yet! When it is not raining, where is the water? When it is not blowing, where is the wind? When it is not burning where is the fire? Is there any place where there is no space (Akasham)? AvathArams are manifestation defined by form, space and time. Just like a down pour or a forest fire. When rain stops, water is not extinct. When fire is extinguished, fire is not extinct. Lord is anAdi and ananta - without beginning and withhout end. dAsan, K. Sreekrishna Tatachar In a message dated 7/21/2004 12:04:54 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Venkatesan Srinivasan writes: > Sri: > >Dear Bhagavathas, > >Scriptures say Bhagwan is omnipresent. In another level He resides in Sri >Vaikuntam and descends to our earth by taking various Avatarams to uphold >Dharma. So Avatharams are events which happen at different periods of time. Is >His presence in the Ksherabdhi an event like Avatharam or is it in parallel >with His continuous presence in Sri Vaikuntam?. > >Adiyen Dasan, >Venkatesan > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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