More Saguna Brahman

[Guest guest]

For those not too familiar with Neovedanta and Ramana Maharshi's

teachings...

 

Nisargadatta's " Brahman " or " I AM " corresponds to " Saguna Brahman, "

and his " Parabrahman " to " Nirguna Brahman. "

 

Shankara (orthodox Vedanta, ancient) didn't even bother with the

distinction, but just said " Brahman " (no Saguna - with attributes, or

Nirguna - without attributes). To him there was only one Brahman,

for purposes of definition.

 

The " Guna " part of Nirguna and Saguna corresponds to the three Gunas

or " qualities " in Advaita Vedanta/Hinduism: Tamas (ignorance/sloth),

Rajas (Activity/Motion) and Sattva (Purity/Holiness).

 

If 'something' is without any attributes (Gunas) it is said to

be " Nirguna. " If it has or reflects the three Gunas it is " Saguna. "

 

Anyway, enough of this, maybe it cleared it up for someone :-). I

won't even get into Buddhism and the " Samskaras " ;-)

 

Namaste,

 

Tim