Dear Bhagavathas, It is a good question. I try to answer this from a scientific perspective. It is true from Lord's words that Jeevathma and Paramathma coexist sice eternity. It is by nature that Paramatma is one and supreme. Jeevatma is always controlled by Paramatma - thats also by nature. Jeevatma can rise to the level of paramatma (except for two important attributes) while attaining moksham which is in Paramatma's hands. All we can say is, it is just by nature. Creation has to end somewhere, and it is here they end. U dont have to create something to be a master of it. In a lighter vein, u may not be a master of all that u have created too (this is just a filler). Resuming, Neucleus and electron in atomic stricture have different attributes. if u view Nucleus is the master in the atom and electrons are its slaves then it is rather not possible to establish why nature had bestowed these attributes to them. Similar is for quarks, gluons, mesons etc. They exist like that, say from almost eternity. One can extend these to almost all particles found in the recent particle physics research area. There is no answer as to who has bestowed these attributes to them and why? The answer to this from philosophy is 'Paramatma'. But this kind of questioning has to end some where. That ends at 'Paramatma'. Now coming to the question of Buddha, I dont think 'Sri Sampradayam' accepts Buddha as an avatharam of Lord. BTW, there are other 'avatharams' of Lord, e.g. Kapila, whose philosophy is not fully accepted by 'Sri Sampradayam'. To understand these intricate arguments one need to take the help of Ramanuja's philosophy. Vedas, by definition are the total knowledge space (not the ones that are known to humans so far but much more). The knowledge space regarding understanding jeevatma and paramatma and their relationship has been classified into bheda and abheda shrutis, meaning places which say jeevatma and paramatma are same and places which say paramatma is owning jeevatma. Both have to be looked in unison and that is not clear from earlier teachers such as Kaplia or Buddha or Sankara for that matter. In order to hold the ground, some portions of vedas had to be ommitted by these teachers. It is Ramanuja's singular efforts that brought them together and made them look in a way that they all have ultimate unison. I think I should end here and allow it to settle. Sajjana Pada padma parama renuhu Lakshmi Narasimha dasan ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/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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