Free-will vs Pre-determination (sruti)

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SRIMATHE RAMANUJAYA NAMAHA.

 

The analysis continues: -

 

The following are the quotes from upanishads, that

support the notion that jiva’s free-will has no

independent existence unless otherwise ‘willed’ so by

the grand-will (of Brahman)

The quotes have been lifted from Ramanuja’s

Sribhashyam to V.S.

 

# “The Eternal among the eternals, the Intelligent

among the intelligent, who though One, fulfills the

desires of many” - Kath up.v.13 & shveta.up.vi.13

 

# “Another (viz the Lord) also is seen to be cause of

their association with the qualities of ‘works’ (which

lead to samsara) and the qualities of the self (which

lead to beatific release) - Shvet.up.v.12

 

Note: - The second part of the above verse clearly

states that the so-called freewill or positive effort

or conscious effort or whatever you may call by way of

jiva making some effort to do bhakti or prapatti or

yogam to attain the beatific release, is due to Lord’s

bounties on the jiva or His granting of the

‘necessary’ qualities to the jiva to enable him to

aspire for HIM.)

 

# “He is the Lord of the prakruthi and of the

individual soul and is the regulator of the qualities;

He is the cause of samsara, of final release, of

existence and of bondage” - (Shveta.up.vi.16)

 

# “He is the cause, the Lord of what is the lord of

senses, (i.e., of the jiva or the individual soul) -

(Shvet.up. vi.9)

 

# “He (the jiva) is embraced by the omniscient Self

and knows nothing external” – Briha.up. iv.3

 

(Note: - the above too vindicates that if ever

freewill is to exist as a separate attribute of the

jiva (i.e., independent of god’s design or will) that

will be an impossible proposition.)

 

# “Whatever there is here as existent and whatever

there is non-existent in relation to him (jiva) –all

that is contained in Him” - Chhand.up.viii.1.3

 

# “In Him all desires are contained.”

–chhand.up.viii.1.5

 

# “The omniscient Lord who creates all beings gives

them names, and calling them (by those names) He ever

continues to be,” –Taiitri.ar.12.7

 

# “ He who has entered within is the ruler of all

things that are born, and is the Self of all’ –

Taittri.Ar.iii.21.

 

# “ He is the Self of the whole universe and is the

best refuge: He is the Lord of the world, and the Lord

of individual souls: whatever thing there is in this

world, either seen or heard, Narayana pervades all

that within and without and so remains for ever. –

M.Nar.xi.3 & 5

 

jayasree sarnathan.

 

Quote of the mail: - For a change let me quote a verse

from the famous Pura Naanooru seyyuL ‘yAdum vUrE,

yAvarum kELir’ (all the world is my place and all are

my relatives)

 

“Neer vazhi –p- padu-vum puNai pOl, Aruyir

murai vazhi-p-padu-vum enbadu thiravOr

kAtchiyil theLindanam…”

(It has been ascertained with clarity by the

intelligentsia that

like a canoe that is carried along the water current,

the jiva is carried along the karmic path ..

(continues) therefore

glorify not the great men and

denigrate not the mean men)

-Kaniyan Poonkundran

 

 

 

 

 

 

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