[Advaita-l] Re:Three Questions on Jiva, Atman & Brahma-jnAna

sunil bhattacharjya skbhattacharjya at yahoo.co.in
Sat Oct 29 16:46:04 CDT 2005


Namaste,

Vedanta does not have the two sub-divisions but the
samkhya has. Therefore you have to go to the Samkhya.
As I said before there is no shortcut. you have to see
Samkhya.

S.K.Bhattacharjya

--- Abhishek RK <rkabhi at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 10/28/05, sunil bhattacharjya
> <skbhattacharjya at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> >
> > .
> > They speak of the Sukshma sarira and the limga(it
> is
> > also written as linga) sarira. There are
> commentaries
> > on Samkhya by Gaudapada and the other great
> ancient
> > Acharyas.There is no shortcut and I am afraid you
> will
> > have to delve into these.
> 
>  I had thought sukshma sarira and limga sarira
> denote the same entity.
> Please clarify regarding this?
>  Regards,
> Abhishek
> 
> Regards
> >
> > Sunil Bhattacharjya
> >
> > --- "V. Krishnamurthy" <profvk at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Namaste Vishu-ji
> > >
> > > I am reproducing below your further three
> questions
> > > and my
> > > feeble responses:
> > >
> > > 1. What is the exact mechanism of subtle body
> > > (sUkshma
> > > sharira) escaping the
> > > body and taking another body?
> > >
> > > VK: The exact mechanism is too much to ask. Some
> > > Upanishads
> > > do talk about this, but I am not familiar enough
> > > with them
> > > to give you exact reference.
> > >
> > > 2. How are vasanas stored in subtle body?
> > >
> > > VK: G.O.K. (God only knows!)
> > >
> > > 3. What happens to this subtle body after
> > > realization? (of
> > > brahma jnana)
> > >
> > > VK: Whatever happens to everything else. First
> of
> > > all I
> > > would change the words "after realization" to
> "on
> > > realization". On realization there is only
> Brahman.
> > > I
> > > could have added 'everywhere' but that would
> connote
> > > the
> > > existence of 'space' as if it were different
> from
> > > Brahman.
> > > So the only thing you could posit is 'Brahman
> is'.
> > > So
> > > there is no body, no subtle body, no anything!
> > >
> > > Vishu-ji, I may appear to you as not very
> helpful in
> > > responding to your questions, but you are asking
> > > questions
> > > which can be answered only by Self-Realized
> Sages --
> > > if at
> > > all they choose to answer!
> > >
> > > PraNAms to all seekers of Truth.
> > > profvk
> > >
> > >
> > > Prof. V. Krishnamurthy
> > >
> > > Latest on my website: Shrimad Bhagavatam and
> > > advaita bhakti. Introduction. Chatushloki
> > > Bhagavatam. Vidura and Maitreya. Kapila Gita.
> > > Dhruva charitam. JaDabharata, Ajamila Stories.
> > > Prahlada Charitram.
> > >
> > >
> >
>
http://www.geocities.com/profvk/VK2/Bhagavatam_Introduction.html
> > >
> > > and succeeding pages.
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