[Advaita-l] On the forms of Guru

[Anbu sivam2]

".......... have something called a hRt, which is but another term
for what is called mind in the English language."

Mind is the sthalam and the hRth is Easwara the saguNa Brahman. It is also
called pundareekam where hRt dwells.

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 10:12 AM, Vidyasankar Sundaresan <
svidyasankar at hotmail.com> wrote:

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> > Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:43:19 -0400
> > From: anbesivam2 at gmail.com
> > To: advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org
> > Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] On the forms of Guru
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> > I missed this one. The word hRt is used for the aathman and not the mind.
> > Take Bhagavan's UpadhEsa Saaram for example in which he says:
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> AnbuLLa Sri Anbesivam,
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> I absolutely do not like to argue for the sake of arguing. I would
> request you to take a look again at the gItA verse that I quoted
> (ISvaras sarvabhUtAnAM hRd-deSe 'rjuna tishThati). Does it make
> sense to use the word deSa along with hRt, if the word hRt here
> refers to the all-pervading Atman? Please note that in the bhAshya,
> Sankara bhagavatpAda says hRd-deSe = hRdaya deSe and leaves
> it at that, without equating hRd or hRdaya with Atman.
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> I would also request you to take a look at the chAndogya and the
> bRhadAraNyaka verse "SataM caikA ca hRdayasya nADyaH ..." and
> peruse the bhAshya on it. That will tell you how our revered AcArya
> interprets the word hRdaya.
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> If we want to debate on a per-word basis, we also have to pay
> close attention to context. I do not dispute that Ramana Maharishi
> and his devotees often use the word hRdaya to refer to the Self,
> but there is no requirement that this usage is universal. For that
> matter, even the word AtmA is used with different meanings in both
> Sruti and smRti and in the commentaries. For example, in taittirIya,
> there is the annamaya AtmA, prANamaya AtmA etc. In these cases,
> it should be obvious that AtmA spoken of is not the all-pervading
> brahman, but the "self" made of anna, the "self" made of prANa
> etc. It is clear from the context what the intended meaning is.
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> Best regards,
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> Vidyasankar
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