Guest guest Posted March 24, 2003 Report Share Posted March 24, 2003 Dear Bhagavathas, One way to think, or perhaps the only way to think of the origin of God, is not to think of the origin at all. Our shAstras declare that Lord is anAdi (without beginning), ananta (without end) and thus sanAtana (eternal- always there). When we say creation, it creates all sorts of problems. When we say origin, it only originates problems. sReshti is not creation, it is pouring forth. It is simply transformation, combination, expansion and contraction. pra-jA-pa-ti-shca-ra-ti ga-rbhaE a-ntaH a-jA-ya mA-nO ba-hu-dA-vi-jA-ya-taE The Lord abides in every womb Un born, (but) appears numerously. It is not if, what, when, where, how etc of God. Only God exists. The seeker and the sought are one and the same. Just like the light can not see it self. Pperhaps an anology could be the akAsha (space) in an atom. That space makes 99.99999% of an atom. What is this space? Is it matter- No, Does it not matter? You bet it does. Because it give shape and attributes to matter. We can only study electrons, protons, neutrons and other fundamental particles- but we can not study the space. It is beyond our analysis- and without it we are pretty much nothing and have nothing to analyze. If we take that space (nothing) away, everything collapses. You and I without that space will probably be the size of a mustard seed or smaller! Nothing is giving shape to everything. dAsan K. Sreekrishna Tatachar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 bhakti-list, tatachar@a... wrote: > [...] > Only God exists. The seeker and the sought > are one and the same > [...] I don't believe this is what Sri Ramanujacharya taught. //Ramkumar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.