[Advaita-l] Fwd: Brahman has no default form; Only contextual form - Varaha Purana

V Subrahmanian v.subrahmanian at gmail.com
Fri Feb 24 02:09:32 EST 2023


Brahman has no default form; Only contextual form
Here we find the Lord Varaha saying this premise of Vedanta in the Varaha
Purana:
वराहपुराणम्/अध्यायः १४४
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नागभोगोपवीतं च रुद्रमालाधरं प्रभुम् ।।
अरूपमपि सर्वेशं भक्तेच्छोपात्तविग्रहम् ।।२४।।
Though formless, this Lord (Shiva) assumes form according to the will of
the devotees.
This premise is acceptable only to Advaita Vedantis. For others this theory
of Veda/Vedavyasa is opposing.
Shankaracharya's quote in Brahma Sutra Bhasya:
स्यात्परमेश्वरस्यापि इच्छावशात् मायामयं रूपं साधकानुग्रहार्थम् ।
(1.1.vii.20)
Brahman, who is essentially formless, assumes various illusory forms to
grace the respective seekers.

See an image here: https://groups.google.com/g/advaitin/c/cKm44zw1zBI

Shiva sculpture, Dieng Plateau in Java, Indonesia


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