pUrNamadah pUrNamidam... further explanation!

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Spiritual pilgrims !

 

let us look at the total import of this wonderful Peace Invocation

(shanti mantra) !

 

"Om Purnamadah purnamidam

 

purnaat purnamudachyate

 

Purnasya purnamaadaaya

 

Purnamevaavasishyate"

 

Meaning of 'purna'

 

 

Fullness and Completeness are the nearest meanings in the English

language for this word. But, 'Purnatva' goes far beyond these

meanings. 'Fullness' can indicate a state of satiation and the

word 'Completeness' can denote a state arrived through the 'Sum of

the parts'. But 'Purnatva' is far from these two conditional

states. 'Purnatva' is a state of profound realization, when the sense

of limitation, as "Individuality" drops off, as a redundant vestige

from one's consciousness. Any extent of acquisition OR renunciation

cannot hasten the arrival of 'Purnatva'! When the microcosm totally

dissolves into the state of Macrocosm, as a sugar doll dissolves into

water, 'Purnatva' is THAT non-verbalized state. Following peace

invocation 'Sloka' in the 'Isavasya Upanishad' most brilliantly

conveys the total import of 'Purnatva'.

"THAT is Whole; this is Whole; from the Whole the whole becomes

manifest. From the Whole, when the whole is negated, what remains is

again the Whole."

 

In this Sloka, the word 'THAT' indicates the totality of Macrocosm.

The word 'that' indicates the infinitely teeming microcosm. Thus, if

one substitutes accordingly, the whole stunning import of WHOLENESS

is revealed! 'Poornatva' is such all devouring FULLNESS!

 

(by Jinendra Swami)

 

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In this light , let us examine who among the avatars is called a

Purna Avatar? Avatar means 'incarnation' ! God descends in human

form on earth to uphold 'Dhrama' or righteousness. Of ALL THE

Avatars, KRISHNA avatar is termed as Purna Avatar in which all 16

rays are present. Rama avatar , there were only 14 rays presentand he

was Called A Lila Avatar. and our beloved Adi Shankara is called

an 'amsa' avatara!

 

Benjaminji. you had expressed a desire to know about the Hindu GODS ,

here is a good start read on Lord Krishna, the Purna AVATAR ...

 

HTTP://www.sivanandadlshq.org/download/lordkrishna.htm - 501k -

 

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eeshwarah sarwabhootAnAm hrddeshe arjuna tishthati bhrAmayan

sarwabhootAni yantrAroodhAni mAyayA ||18.61||

 

The lord dwells in the hearts of all beings, O Arjuna, causing all

beings, by His illusive power, to revolve as if mounted on a machine"

 

Aum Namo Bhagvate Vasudevaya!