Jnanam and Bhakti

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praNAms

Hare Krishna

 

Is it not the symbolic expression of HanumAn to show us *nEti* *nEti* /

nityA-anitya vastu vivEka and sva-svarUpAnusaNdhAna!!!

 

Just my relative thoughts on the mail :

 

Subbu prabhuji:

 

Hanuman replied: Mother, I was looking for what I consider most valuable

in these pearls. As I did not find it there, being of no value to me, I

have discarded them.

 

bhaskar :

 

Yes, this is nothing but *anAtma vastu nirAkaraNa*...Hanuman discarded

the nAma rUpa upAdhi (pearl) since it is *avidyAkruta*....

 

Subbu prabhuji:

 

Sita questioned: What is it that you looked for in these pearls?

 

bhaskar :

 

This is sIta mAtaji query about *adhishtAna*

 

Subbu prabhuji:

 

Hanuman: It is my Lord Sri Rama!

 

bhaskar :

 

it is vEdic purusha- parabrahman

 

Subbu prabhuji:

 

Sita persisted: Where indeed do you find Him?

Hanuman: My Lord is permenantly residing in my heart.

 

bhaskar :

 

Atma guhAyAm nihitOsya jaNtoH...says titirIya AraNyaka...Hanuman saying

here parabrahman is nothing but his *svarUpa*.

 

Subbu prabhuji:

 

Sita: How do you say that?

Thereupon, without hesitating even for a moment Hanuman tore open his

chest with his hands. An awestruck Sita beheld there Sri Rama and Herself

seated on a throne!!

 

bhaskar :

 

one who wants to know parabrahman should realize that within himself (not

outside)..mAndukya says *ayamAtma brahma*....Hanuman implicitly saying

here that brahman which is unobjectifiable like pearls etc. should be

realized solely by means of the concept of Atman!! shankara, hence, says

" only those that follow the trail of the concept of Atman can know it

and *not those that pursue the concepts of external objects*..since it is

the brightest light within ourselves!!!

 

Advaita's paramArtha satya is at its best here in this hanuman

episode....

 

Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!

bhaskar

[Guest guest]

advaitin, V Subrahmanian

<subrahmanian_v> wrote:

>

> Bhakti and Jnanam

>

> Today is the holy Hanumat-panchami. In Bangalore the Hanuman

Temples have special pujas and other programs for the occasion.

With a view to commemorate the occasion, a nice Hanuman incident is

presented here:

>

 

Namaste!

 

I would like to know the source for this story. While it seems to

extol Hanuman's bhakti, it seems to go against Hanuman's character -

'buddhir.balam.yasho.dairyam', etc. He is described as 'budhimatam

varishtam' - first among the learned. He is hardly likely to behave

so rudely, especially towards Sita.

 

In the Valmiki Ramayana, this incident is depicted very differently.

Sita asks Rama's permission to bestow a gift to Hanuman. Rama

encourages her to do that whereupon Sita unclasps the pearl necklace

given her by Rama and gives it to Hanuman. Hanuman wears it around

his neck and shines like a mountain adorned with snow.

 

I hope I am not misunderstood. I am just perplexed by such stories.

That of Sabari serving Rama fruits after tasting them is another

such story.

 

Harih Om.

Neelakantan