Advaitin Completes one year at onelist.com mailing list server.

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Greetings Advaitins:

 

I am happy to report that Advaitin List has completed one year at this

mailing list server and I want to thank for their excellent

service. I want to thank the members for their active participation.

The academic year has already started and everyone is busy with their

'Nithya Karma' and it is quite understandable.

 

The question, ‘What is Brahmin?’ occupies the significant part of our

discussions. The answer to the question is the question itself! My

random thoughts brought more thoughts but no answer. I know that “I am

the answer and also the question but I don’t know how to describe it

without using any ‘thought! Consequently my random thoughts on Brahman

are spilled below:

 

Brahman is the one who is caring about you.

Brahman is the one who misses you.

Brahman is the one who wants to talk to you.

Brahman is the one who wants to be with you.

Brahman is the one who hopes you are not in trouble.

Brahman is the one who is thankful for your support.

Brahman is the one who wants to hold your hand.

Brahman is the one who hopes everything turns out all right.

Brahman is the one who wants you to be happy.

Brahman is the one who wants to give you a gift.

Brahman is the one who wants to hug you.

Brahman is the one who thinks you are a Gift.

Brahman is the one who admires your strength.

Brahman is the one who is thinking of you and smiling.

Brahman is the one who supports and protects you.

Brahman is the one who can't wait to see you.

Brahman is the one who loves you for what you are.

Brahman is the one who nourishes and treasures your spirit.

Brahman is the one who treats you as a friend or as a foe.

Brahman is the one who praises or abuses you at appropriate and

inappropriate times..

Brahman is the one who knows you better and wants you to know Him

better.

Brahman is the one who makes you to feel that He is for you.

Brahman is the one who makes you to feel that He will do anything for

you.

Brahman is the one who also makes you to feel that He does nothing for

you.

Brahman is the one who stands, sits, walks, talks, laughs, eats, sleeps

and dreams with you.

Brahman is the one who pretends to think, see, touch, taste, hear, talk

and argue with you.

Brahman is your dream which takes you beyond dreaming.

Brahman is the bridge between life and death without dreams.

Brahman plays your life and makes you to feel that you are the player.

Brahman is the support that makes you to need the support.

Brahman is the faith that helps you to go beyond Faith.

Brahman is the Thought that goes beyond thoughts.

Brahman is beyond thought and ego.

Brahman is beyond good and bad.

Brahman is beyond knowledge and ignorance.

Brahman is the Belief that goes beyond beliefs.

Brahman is the Cause of all causes.

Brahman is the answer for all the questions and question for all the

answers.

Brahman is the Soul and the Spirit.

Brahman is the Truth and nothing but the Truth.

 

After going through this exercise, I came to the conclusion that this

thought process is not something new and ‘What is Brahman?’ is an

ancient question. The scriptures also assure us that this question has

neither beginning nor it will end! The sages and saints of ancient

India have greater understanding of this fundamental question and they

have already elaborated ‘What is Brahaman?’ in greater details in the

Upanishads.

 

Beautiful explanations to the question: ‘What is Brahman?’ is readily

available in Kena Upanishad. Kena (also known as TalavakAra) Upanishad

belongs to Jaiminiya branch of the Samaveda. The word “Kena” means ‘by

whom.’ The discussion contains two parts: The abstract first portion of

Kena Upanishad consists of Sanskrit verses with deeper meaning. The

second part of Kena Upanishad narrates an effective story to illustrate

Brahman.

 

Kena Upanishad concludes that:

(1) Brahman is beyond the intellect and the senses!

(2) Any claim to know Brahman is a self contradiction!

(3) Brahman only knows the Brahman!

 

Brahman is beyond the senses and is the cause of their cognitive

powers. Those who claim to know brahman do not know it!

 

All of us are keen to know the Brahman and consequently, the list will

continue until we resolve this question!

 

Regards,

 

Ram Chandran

List Moderator

 

Note: I will be on vacation for the next two weeks and I will try my

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