Guest guest Posted November 3, 1995 Report Share Posted November 3, 1995 > 1. If Srimath Bagwath Geetha was accepted by Adi Sankara, then how can he > belive that an aatman or soul can carry experience from one body to another. [...] > The question in my mind was, is there any other explanation possible to this. > Yes. The Jivatman or individual spirit soul as the westerners call it, is unborn, the eternal individual being, unmanifest (akshara). The manifested being (kshara) takes on various instruments including the body to experience the world. These instruments corresponding to different planes of consciousness are: Annamaya and Pranamaya Purusha constituting the gross body Manomaya purusha forming subtle body that includes the antakaranas (literally inner instruments). Trans-body experiences including after-death or extraordinary feats like Adi sankaracharyas are possible because the subtle body remains intact beyond the death/abadoning of physical body. >. If an aatman should go in for > pursuit of materilistic experiences through "koodu vittu koodu paaythal" then > it certainly was not in that "zero" or "neutral" state srimath bagwath geetha > was explaining. then what was the "state" of that aatman at the instant of > such pursuit ? > If the aatman doesnot have that "neutral" state without any "attributes" does > it contradict the whole advaitin theory ? > In the bhagavad gita prakriti is classified into Lower (apara) and higher (para) prakriti. It is the lower prakriti which creates these instruments for the individual soul to experience the world. Para prakriti also called Para shakti is the energy or power of the Lord and causes the manifestaion of the world as well as the individual jivas (purushas) as sparks or reflections or whatever of the One Lord (Parama Purusha) . So what we call as swabhava is nothing but collection of experiences over several births giving a sense of orientation and proportion to the three gunas in each individual. Soul is Iswara, Lord over (lower) Prakriti according to BG. As the soul is above lower nature, it is beyond the three gunas. The confusion regarding the state of the atman is due to confusing the manomaya purusha with the unborn soul. Raghu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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