Guest guest Posted June 5, 2000 Report Share Posted June 5, 2000 Could some of the learned members of this group explain the real meaning of who or what a "nitya-suri" is, the root of the word and why one would be called a "nitya-suri" ? Regards, Raja Krishnasamy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2000 Report Share Posted June 5, 2000 At 09:01 AM 6/5/00 -0400, you wrote: > >Could some of the learned members of this group explain the real meaning of >who or what a "nitya-suri" is, the root of the word and why one would be >called a "nitya-suri" ? >Regards, >Raja Krishnasamy Dear Sri Raja Krishnaswamy : Nithya means eternal and Soori means a learned one or a sage or a wise man (e.g)., SatAri Soori (Swamy NammAzhwAr). Nithya Soori means enlightened souls or eternally released souls , who never had any bondage of samsArA . They are omniscient and thus are endowed with perfect knowledge .Examples of Nithya Sooris are GarudA , AdhisEshA , VishvaksEnA et al. In the VisishtAdvaithA school of philosophy , the Jeevans are classified into three categories: (1) Bhaddha Jeevan or those souls , who are in bondage and go through unending cycles of births and deaths. (2) MukthAs , who through the successful pursuit of Bhakthi Yoga or performance of Prapathti at the feet of SadaachaAryan are released form their bondages and serve the Lord at His Parama Padham .These are Muktha Jeevans. (3) NithyAs or Nithya Jeevans or Nithya Sooris are those , who are eternally free from samsAric bondages. They never had any bondages unlike the Muktha Jeevans, who overcame their bondages thru Bhakthi YogA or prapathti YogA. V.Sadagopan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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