Digest Number 631

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Just to give a different perspective of the passage quoted from chAndogya

upanishad, SrI N. S. ananta ra'ngAcArya translates the passge referenced,

indicating that what is not 'seen' by Svetaketu is 'sUkshma', and not "SUnya".

In other words, that which from which everything arises is to be understood as

'sUkshma', and not as 'SUnya' or 'non-existent' in this context. The

publication by SrI Ramakrishna Mutt, authored by 'aNNA' also gives the meaning

roughly as "that which is suKshma and atomic in size", etc. I believe the words

aN'imAnam' and 'aNiman evam' refer to this atomic nature of this subtle entity.

My apologies if I have misunderstood the passage.

 

-Krishnamachari

 

-Krishnamachari

 

wrote:

 

 

Srirangasri-

 

 

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Message: 6

Fri, 13 Jun 2003 16:05:04 +0000

"Ram Anbil"

Fwd: Re: [t'vengadam] "shoonyah": "Lord Zero" of the

Vishnu-Sahasranamam

 

Dear Bhagavatas:

Here is an interestin interpretation of the term "Shoonya" to denote the

Lord, occuring in Sri VishNu Sahasranaamam, appearing in a sister list. Hope

you will enjoy reading.

Dasoham

Anbil Ramaswamy

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>bindinganavale suresh

>tiruvengadam

>tiruvengadam

>Re: [t'vengadam] "shoonyah": "Lord Zero" of the

>Vishnu-Sahasranamam

>Fri, 13 Jun 2003 08:36:20 -0700 (PDT)

>

>Dear Sri Sudarshan,

> That was a nice article.Really thought

>provoking.I would like to share my thoughts and add

>more information about this topic with you and other

>members of this group.

>

>In the 6th chapter of Chandogya upanishad,known

>popularly as the sad vidya,Udalaka teaches his son

>svetaketu about Brahman in the state of cause and

>effect.Uddalaka teaches his son the concept of tat

>tvam

>asi through different approaches.In one such approach

>he arrives at this nama "shoonyah" i.e Zero or Nothing

>and equates it with Brahman.

 

 

 

 

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