More Reasons Atma does Not have Quality of Instigator-Ship

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Jaya Guru Datta,

 

Here is today's saying:

 

"Q: Wait a minute! Just because the instigator-ship is not evident during

Sushupti, you are concluding that it is not a Karayita(instigator) at all!

Consider the example of a teacher. He is widely acclaimed as a very intelligent

master. To test his ability, we went to his house. It was late in the night. All

the students had left. The teacher was sitting alone. Can we say that he is not

a teacher at all just because he is not teaching at that instant? Similarly,

during the state of Sushupti, the Atma is sitting idle. During that period, the

Indriyas are not functioning. They are not there. Therefore, the instigator-ship

of the Atma also does not surface. It does not mean that the Atma does not have

quality of instigator-ship at all.

 

A: All right. Consider another example. Imagine the wakeful state in which the

person is not doing anything (idle state). The Indriyas are very much there. If

the instigator-ship were to be the trait of Atma, why is it not surfacing? Why

is the Atma not encouraging the Indriyas to perform actions? It is therefore not

proper to think that the instigator-ship of the Atma does not become apparent

when the Indriyas are not present there. Because Atma is totally devoid of that

trait, instigator-ship does not surface either in the Sushupti state or in the

idle state (during wakeful state)."

 

Sri Swamiji

Lessons in Vedanta - 37 part IV

Bhakti Mala, February 1999

 

Sri Guru Datta,

Swamiji Says

 

 

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