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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








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