Guest guest Posted October 10, 2002 Report Share Posted October 10, 2002 Namaste! Pardon me for reviving an earlier posting to discuss the following which is in the same context: Mystic Significance of Garuda in Srivaishnvism 'All of us are aware and observed that in many Vishnu Temple,Garuda is placed opposite the Lord with folded hands in all humulity worshipping HIM.Garuda is depicted as the Chariot or Vahanam of the Lord,who obediently takes Him wherever He wants. Garuda or Eagle is the highest flying Bird who has extremely keen eyesight and while hovering in the sky, can swiftly come down from the sky to grab a meat piece.Garuda is the National emblem of USA as well as countries like Indonesia. Garuda or Eagle is the personification of Ego in his normal state.In Sanskrit ,the word is Gridha and in Telugu it is gadda.The property of Gridha is to grab everything for itself. Isavasyopanishad says-- Isaavasyamidam sarwam yatkincha jagatyaajagat Tena tyaktena bhunjitha magridha kasya swigdhanam All this both ,moving and unmoving is pervaded by the Lord.So release yourself from ego and enjoy supreme bliss.Do not grab(like a eagle) the wealth(including your body) that belongs to someone else(the Lord). When a baby is born it is divine,it has no ego.But as it grows older,somewhere from the space, an eagle enters the body of the child in the form of ego and grabs every part of the body and claims both its moving and unmoving parts of the entire body as "Me" and "Mine".This ego in every body is symbolized by Garuda.Thus,we miss the splendour and the Divine wonder of ourselves,almost our entire lives being caught up in the clutches of ego. As illumination dawns,the same Garuda becomes extremely humble and releases(tyaktam) its hold or blind identification with the body. He realizes that the body is no longer ego grabbed Deham but it is Divine Kshetram pervaded by the Lord entirely.The All Pervading Lord is called Vishnu in Sanskrit.When the illumined ego sees the Lord within one's own body or sareeram as well as the entire Universe outside the body as God's Creation (which is experienced only through and by means of this Divine body,or Kshetram), the Garuda enjoys supreme bliss of the ever present Lord and in complete humility worships HIM constantly!Eventually,he becomes one with Him.He becomes the Garuda Alzhwar- Saint Garuda ! This experience is the significance of Lord Sri Krishna's own words Aham aatma antara bahyo naavrita sarwa dehinaam yada bhootani bhooteshu bahyantara swayam tadah I am the Atman,as well as inside and outside of all embodied beings can be enjoyed only by His Grace.Just like the panchabhootas,I alone am inside and outside of all! This grand Realization and most importantly the Experience of the Supreme Bliss of Divine Presence with us is the Moksha or ultimate illumination! Humbly submitted Ananda Sagar - BTA SAGAR <btasagar wrote: > Namaste! > Deham and Kalam are viewed from entirely differen > and > mystical perspective in Uddhava Gita -the ultimate > Gita of Lord Sri Krishna. > This Divine Chariot-the Sareeram becomes- Deham(Iti > Aham) only-repeat only when polluted by Ego which > grabs it like a vulture and claims it as its > own.Dehante therefore means release from the > clutches > of ego.Dehante mukti means when ego clutches are > released one attains mukti or moksha as you > experience > Divinity in your own body while still alive!It ia > wonderful!Experience it! > Similarly kala means sense of time caused by Maaya > in > the mind.Antah kala therefore means when > illumination > releases us from bonds of Time and bestows Moksha or > Jeevan Mukti.!Let Us meditate and experience this > Great Blessing and Bliss with Lord Sri Krishna's > Grace > on this Vinayaka Chaturdhi! > Ananda Sagar > --- gmurthy wrote: > > > > advaitin, "K. Sadananda" <sada@a...> > > wrote: > > > > > [...] > > > Personally I did not find any disparity in terms > > of what aachaarya-s > > > said versus what I wrote, only presented > > differently. If there is I > > > will be happy to know. > > > > > > Hari Om! > > > Sadananda > > > > > > > namaste shri sadananda garu, > > > > I was going to respond earlier when this article > > appeared > > but couldn't. > > > > While fully seconding what you said, I want to > look > > at it > > from a different angle and question the meaning of > > antakAla. > > > > From a saguNa brahman worship perspective (saguNa > > brahman > > apart from the jIvA, from a vishiShTAdvaita or > > dvaita > > perspective) probably remembering the Lord at the > > last > > minute may be a sufficient condition for moksha. > And > > the Lord in His infinite compassion may award > moksha > > > > even just for that remembrance. > > > > From an advaitic perspective, is there a meaning > for > > > > this antakAla? As I see it, there is no antakAla > and > > > > an advaitin would not (should not) give any > > importance > > to the antakAla. The subtle body keeps on changing > > its > > outer wear until it recognizes unity and oneness. > > So, why this special importance to antakAla? > > AntakAla and worrying about it has a meaning only > > in case of videha mukti, but in jIvanmukti, > antakAla > > should not have any meaning. [by this logic, I do > > not > > mean to say that the Lord should not be thought of > > at > > any time. The Lord should be thought of all the > > time. > > What I am saying is: antakAla does not have any > > meaning > > if one understands jIvanmukti.] > > > > Your and the List's comments would be appreciated. > > > > Regards > > Gummuluru Murthy > > > ---------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute > with Messenger > http://phonecard./ Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith. 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