Guest guest Posted July 24, 2002 Report Share Posted July 24, 2002 SrImate rAmAnujA nama: Dear bhakta-s I have a fundmental vedAntic question. According to viSishTAdvaita, one of the key ontological entities is the individual consciouness (jIva) which is a distinct & inseparable attribute of the brahman (the Supreme Being). So, in order to facilitate the jIva's distinctness & freewill, is the ability to know, (gyAtRtva), act (kaRtRtva) and experience (bhOktRtva) accorded to the individual jIva by the brahman? aDiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 24, 2002 Report Share Posted July 24, 2002 asmadgurubhyo namah. I like some questions since the same questions have bothered me before. This is one of them. Yes jnatrtva, kartrtva and bhoktrtva is given to jiva by God. In that sense, jiva's jnantrtva,kartrtva, bhoktrtva are dependent on God. If it is dependent then one might ask why should jiva suffer due to the stuff given by God? It is not so: the freedom is given to jiva to use the karana kalebara : ie. body mind and intellect as per guidance of shastras. One has the freedom to get bound or get out of it. Once can get into maya or get out of it. if one goes against the shastras it it is not God's problem but individual's. more sins one does, he or she will get into situations and bodies which may have lesser sensitivity to commit more mistakes. asmadgurubhyo namah. Krishna kashyap tg_ramkumar [tg_ram] Wednesday, July 24, 2002 6:00 AM bhakti-list gyAtRtva, kartRva & bhOktRtva of jIva SrImate rAmAnujA nama: Dear bhakta-s I have a fundmental vedAntic question. According to viSishTAdvaita, one of the key ontological entities is the individual consciouness (jIva) which is a distinct & inseparable attribute of the brahman (the Supreme Being). So, in order to facilitate the jIva's distinctness & freewill, is the ability to know, (gyAtRtva), act (kaRtRtva) and experience (bhOktRtva) accorded to the individual jIva by the brahman? aDiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan ----------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list Group Home: bhakti-list Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ Your use of is subject to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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