Does vibhutvam of ParamAtma negate the presence of jIvAtma and achEtana?

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SrI:

SrI Lakshminrusimha ParabrahmaNE namaha

SrI Lakshminrusimha divya pAdukA sEvaka SrIvaN-

SatakOpa SrI nArAyaNa yateendra mahAdESIkAya namaha

 

Dear devotees,

namO nArAyaNa.

 

adiyEn was going through some of the relatively recent

discussions/questions and saw the following one to be

unanswered.

 

 

Question:

 

SrI L.Harikumar presented a question of his friend

(an advaitin), which in essence says that, If ParamAtma ie.

Brahman is infinite (vibhu), how come other tattvas like

jIvAtma and achEtana be really existing, since it will

contradict the infinite nature of Brahman. The argument is

that, if at all jIvAtma and achEtana exist really, Brahman

does not occupy those spaces occupied by these tattvas

and thus Brahman can't be said to be infinite (vibhu).

 

Reply :

 

The presence of chit (jIvAtma) and achit is not at all a

violation of the vibhutvam ie. all pervading nature of

ParamAtma. Your friend who objected that the very

presence of chit and achit violates Sruti in teaching us

that ParamAtma is infinite, is certainly not aware of

infinite mathematics. Also, there are scores of other texts

in Sruti which teach us the presence of chit and achit apart

from ParamAtma.

 

 

We know that, Infinity + 10 is Infinity.

 

From it, we can obtain the result that Infinity - 10 is

also infinity.

 

Proof :

 

Infinity + 10 = Infinity

=> Infinity + 10 - 10 = Infinity - 10 {sub 10 from both sides}

=> Infinity = Infinity - 10

=> Infinity - 10 = Infinity. {Switching over RHS and LHS}

 

 

We know that Infinity + Infinity is also Infinity.

 

From it, we can get the result that Infinity - Infinity is also

to be Infinity.

 

The steps in the previous proof can't be strictly employed

in this case, since we can't cancel Infinity - Infinity to

be zero similar to how we cancelled 10 - 10 to be zero.

Moreover, adiyEn doesn't want to get into the subtraction of

Infinity from both sides.

 

We need to know what is Infinity - Infinity. Lets assign

x = Infinity - Infinity.

 

Now, Infinity + x = Infinity { according to the rule of

addition to Infinity ie.

anything added to Infinity

is again Infinity }.

 

 

=> Infinity + (Infinity - Infinity) = Infinity {expanding x}

 

=> (Infinity + Infinity) - Infinity = Infinity

 

=> Infinity - Infinity = Infinity. {According to rule of

addition, Infinity +

Infinity = Infinity }.

 

Thus, x = Infinity.

 

adiyEn (a non-mathematician) does not see any flaw in my proof;

But if it is there, adiyEn requests Mathematicians in the list to

kindly point it out. Anyway, the result that Infinity - Infinity

= Infinity is valid, and sophisticated proof(s) by mathematicians

might be there in their literature.

 

Thus, eventhough chit and achit many occupy infinite space,

ParamAtma can still be infinite. There is absolutely no

contradiction. Thats the beauty of infinity and the infinite

ParamAtma !!

 

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan,

anantapadmanAbhan.

krishNArpaNam.