Guest guest Posted February 15, 2005 Report Share Posted February 15, 2005 Dear BhAgavatas, I would like some information on the ZrI VaiSNava perspective on purusArthas. I do not know very much about ZrI VaiSNavism so please reply in very simple terms. I understand that there are four purusArthas (dharma, Artha, kAma and mokza), but I have read references in S.M.S. Chari's book (Philosophy & Theistic Mysticism of the Alvars) about a concept known as 'parama-purusArtha'. If necessary, I will transcribe the section as I plan to do it anyway, but I understand that there are several references about this concept indicating that this parama-purusArtha is: - a type of mukti - type of mukti known as BhAgavad-kaiGkarya - references to it from NammALvAr and PiLLAN. What I would like to know is if this parama-purusArtha counts as a purusArtha APART from the above-outlined four, and thus counts as a separate purusArtha as such. A fifth purusArtha, if you will? Kind regards, S. Dadlani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2005 Report Share Posted February 16, 2005 SRIMATE RAMANUJAYA NAMAHA, Purusharta means goals to be attained by us.Moksha purusharta is the highest purusharta, one can aim for.In moksha too we have kaivalya moksha,Vaikunta moksha.In kaivalya purusharta ,one enjoys the bliss of one's atma .In Vaikunta purusharta,the mukta is in the company of SRIMAN NARAYANA performing seva to him.The life in Vaikunta too is eternal. Great saints like shukadeva crave for the experience of the lord inspite of enjoying the atma experience.This shows that Kainkarya purusharta is more fulfilling than the kaivalya.Hence it is parama or superior purusharta. dasan On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 Guru Meditation wrote : > > >Dear BhAgavatas, > >I would like some information on the ZrI VaiSNava perspective on >purusArthas. I do not know very much about ZrI VaiSNavism so please >reply in very simple terms. I understand that there are four purusArthas >(dharma, Artha, kAma and mokza), but I have read references in S.M.S. >Chari's book (Philosophy & Theistic Mysticism of the Alvars) about a >concept known as 'parama-purusArtha'. > >If necessary, I will transcribe the section as I plan to do it anyway, >but I understand that there are several references about this concept >indicating that this parama-purusArtha is: > >- a type of mukti >- type of mukti known as BhAgavad-kaiGkarya >- references to it from NammALvAr and PiLLAN. > >What I would like to know is if this parama-purusArtha counts as a >purusArtha APART from the above-outlined four, and thus counts as a >separate purusArtha as such. A fifth purusArtha, if you will? > >Kind regards, > >S. Dadlani > > Links > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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