[Advaita-l] Brahmajnani / Atmajnani

[V Subrahmanian]

Bhaskar ji,

One can see this mantra to be giving both saguna and nirguna dharma-s of
Brahman.

subbu

On Thu, 7 Jun 2018, 13:03 Bhaskar YR via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> praNAms
> Hare Krishna
>
> Just on the lighter note, I would have loved a lot this Upanishad mantra
> had it been free from other adjectives like : karmAdhyaksha, ekO devaH
> etc.  because kevala nirguNa brahman cannot be adhyaksha of avidyAkruta
> karma and giving the phala etc.  these adjectives will be a hindrance to
> maintain the brahma svarUpa lakshaNa i.e. nirguNa, nirvishesha, niraakaara,
> niravayava, niraamaya etc.  :-)  Ofcourse, as per Advaita Ishwara's
> sarvajnatvaM, sarvashaktitvaM etc. holds water ONLY in avidyA kshetra
> whereas in paramArtha he is kevala nirguNa and sAkshi cheta.
>
> Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
> bhaskar
>
>
> Shankaracharya's choice of words is also quite deliberare
> सर्वप्रत्ययसाक्षिभूतश्चेतयिता केवलो निर्गुणो, to remind one of the
> svetAshvatara upaniShad mantra साक्षी चेता केवलो निर्गुणश्च.
>
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