[Advaita-l] Is Brahman saguNa or nirguNa or aguNa?

[V Subrahmanian]

On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 12:02 PM, V Subrahmanian
<v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>wrote:

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> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 5:39 AM, Krishnadas <krishnadas135 at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> V Subrahmanian wrote:
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> Namaste.
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> Sri Appayya DikShita, the author of 'Kalpataru' on the BhAmati says:
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> निर्विशेषं परं ब्रह्म साक्षात्कर्तुमनीश्वराः ।
> ये मन्दास्तेऽनुकम्प्यन्ते सविशेषनिरूपणैः ॥
> वशीकृते मनस्तेषां सगुणब्रह्मशीलनात् ।
> तदेवाविर्भवेत्साक्षादपेतोपाधिकल्पनम् ॥
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I want to clarify that this verse is from the 'Kalpataru' of Amalaananda.

> Shankara repeatedly says in the GitAbhAshya 'jnAnasahitena/jnAnalakShaNena
> bhaktyA' to emphasize that bhakti will confer liberation ONLY through jnAnam
> and it is needless to say that such jnAnam is only brahmAtmaikya jnanam
> which is nirvishesha/nirupAdhika.
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Pl. read the above quote as:

'jnAnasahitayA/jnAnalakShaNayaa bhaktyaa'

> Regards,
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> subrahmanian.v
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