Guest guest Posted January 23, 2002 Report Share Posted January 23, 2002 Respected All: Pranams! I have a doubt in manifestation theory in visishtadvaita school. What is the tool that has been used by Brahman to create this world and other things? Thanks, Respectfully, Ramanan Rajagopalan ______________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2002 Report Share Posted January 23, 2002 srImathE rAmAnujAya namaha srImadh varavara munayE namaha Dear Sri Ramanan, I will try to answer this question to my limited knowledge. There are two tools He uses to create this world. 1. He Himself 2. His sankalpam 1. Himself : He is the a) upAdhAna kAraNa b) sahkAri kAraNa & c) nimittha kAraNa. To explain this, the making of pot by a potter is always cited as example by all our poorvAchAryAs. In this the clay that is used to make the pot is called the upAdhAna kAraNa, the potter who makes it is the nimittha kAraNa and the wheel which is used is called the sahakAri kAraNa. So as per the visishTAdvaitha philosophy, He Himself is the reason, for the creation. He is the tool, like the wheel, the potter and the clay. 2. His sankalpa Though all the above three materials are available, unless the potter decides to make the pot, it will not be made. Here this decision is taken by the decision to create the world. This is the sankalpam. I have tried to answer these to my knowledge. Please correct me for errors. AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan Thirumalai Vinjamoor Venkatesh T.V.Venkatesh Executive Manager - Application Engineering Fisher-Xomox Sanmar Limited 147, Karapakkam Village, Chennai - 600 096 Ph : +91-44-4504305 Fax : +91-44-4501913 Ramanan Rajagopalan bhakti-list, <sriethiraja@ur sgopan each.com> cc: A doubt in Manifestation theory 23-01-02 08:29 PM Please respond to sriethiraja Respected All: Pranams! I have a doubt in manifestation theory in visishtadvaita school. What is the tool that has been used by Brahman to create this world and other things? Thanks, Respectfully, Ramanan Rajagopalan ______________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag ----------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ Your use of is subject to * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The information contained in this message is legally privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the addressed individual or entity indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person). It must not be read, copied, disclosed, distributed or used by any person other than the addressee. Unauthorised use, disclosure or copying is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Opinions, conclusions and other information on this message that do not relate to the official business of any of the constituent companies of the SANMAR GROUP shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by the Group. If you have received this message in error, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by e-mail. Thank you. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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