[Advaita-l] Power of Brahman

[V Subrahmanian]

On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 2:04 AM Srinath Vedagarbha <svedagarbha at gmail.com>
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> That is not correct interpretation of munDaka vAkya.
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> What is the context here? Why are you talking about epistemology (self
> does not know itself etc.) ?
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> When upanishadic  teaches   'brahmaiva bhavati' , what exactly is meant by
> that ? Note the power of 'bhavati' a forward looking term. Does it mean
> jIvAtman actually becomes Brahman?. Does it mean Brahamn was not there
> before one who knows and come into existence after that? Even if you hold
> jIva was upAdhi sahita Brahman, that does not hold. Brhamn of Veda never
> comes into bondage to begin with in order for you to say Jiva "ralizes" it
> is Brahamn. Brahman of Veda never gets into states of ignorance.
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http://talkandcomment.com/p/61462f923be2cde042b14e3d (voice note)



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> Then a question may arise. What does 'brahmatva' for a jeevAtman mean ?.
> To attain brahmatva means to reach completeness. 'bRuMhitatva' means
> 'expanding' , 'growing'. In the state of mOksha, a JivAtman has reached his
> maximum potential and nothing more of jnyAna or Ananda can be added to that
> state. This is what is meant by 'reaching completeness'.
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 http://talkandcomment.com/p/898ebac2c09196b2bd79e756 (voice note)

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> The pramANa for this interpretation is several, just to quote some samples;
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> 1. The taittirIya upanishad says brahmavid ApnOti paraM (the knower of
> brahman attains the highest)
> 2. brahmatvaM bRuMhitatvaM syAt jIvAnAM na parAtmatA | asvatantrasya
> jIvasya kuto nitya svatantratA | iti skAndhE |
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http://talkandcomment.com/p/fdf79c2a31f4289aebaf3e81 (voice note)

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