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Dear Shree Anand Vasudevan,

 

You have said that "but emperumanar has said in one of his works that

emperuman is nirguna brahmam". Can you please tell me with proper

context where this is actually present in Shree Raamaanuja's work?

As far as the doubt/contradiction is concerned, please note that the

upanishads tell that "Shreeman Naaraayanan who is the Brahman is

infinite with infinite divine qualities" The same upanishad says that

"Brahman is without qualities (Nirguna)" These two seems to contradict.

But when you read the full Veda and understand its purport, you will

find that there is no contradiction. When the upanishad says that "Brahman

is infinite with infinite divine qualities" this means that the Brahman

has qualities that are divine (extraordinary) and only unique for

Brahman thus differentiation Brahman from all chit and achits. When

the upanishad says the "Brahman is Nirguna" it means that the Brahman

has no bad qualities or qualites of matter(Achit - satva/rajas/tamas)

and qualites of Jeeva(chit) like having karma,sufferings ect. Therefore

the Brahman is ascertained without contradiction as "Brahman always

has infinite divine qualites". In fact, the Brahma Sutra identifies

Brahman by "Ubhayalingam" - two identifications namely "Ananta

Kalyaana Gunaakaratvam" (Infinite with infinite divine qualities) and

"Akila Heya Pratyaneekatvam" (Though the Brahman is present inside and

outside all Chit and achit entities, Brahman is untouched by all

the impurities of chit and achits as Brahman is the soul of all

chit and achits and all chit-achits are Brahman's body. Hope your

doubts/contradiction raised is cleared. For further doubts/questions

please write to me.

 

Thanks & Regards

M.S.HARI Raamaanuja Daasan.

 

 

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Anand Vasudevan <anandv wrote:

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Dear Sri bhagavatas,

In his reply, to sri L.Kumar,Sri A.Bharat has said that The simple

answer is that-both have GnAna as

swarUpa as well as quality;except that for Brahma both are infinite,whereas

for Atman(in his free state) only the quality is infinite.

he has quoted emperumanar for the above. but emperumanar has said in one of

his works that emperuman is nirguna brahmam. doesnt the above contradict?

can somebody explain this?

Regards,

Anand.

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