Creations-manifestations

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Pranams,

 

Members please tell or provide links to answers about how Brahman

created the universe and manifestations including Personal forms of

God? I want to know about the creation and the manifestations of

Brahman as to how all this occured?

 

Namaste,

Akshay

[Guest guest]

H.N.Sreenivasa Murthy

Pranams to all.

 

advaitin , " Akshay Chawla " <theadvaita wrote:

>

> Pranams,

>

> Members please tell or provide links to answers about how Brahman

> created the universe and manifestations including Personal forms of

> God? I want to know about the creation and the manifestations of

> Brahman as to how all this occured?

 

Dear Sri Akshay Chawla,

 

There are plenty of answers available to your question. But are

they correct answers? How will you verfy them? Are the answers

authentic? Who was present at the time of Brahma creating the world to

say afterwards that Brahma created the world in this fashion? No doubt

the Upanishads speak of the creation of the universe. But each

Upanishad gives a different version of the order of creation.Any

amount of discussion on the subjectof why and how of creation will be

a purely speculative one.

Hence Sri Shankara says " It is fruitless to know about

creation. Even though there is variation in the order of the

manifestation, all the scriptures agree that the Creator is Brahman

Only. Hence Know Brahman and all the questions/doubts will be come to

an end. "

Then the next question that arises in the mind is " How can I know

Brahman? " . Sri Shankara says " Brahman is your own true nature and the

true nature of the whole manifestation. Hence know your true nature

and you will know about the Creator as well as the Creation " .

Sri Shankara has given in a systematic and simple manner, the

methodology to be followed to cognize the truth about the above stated

statement. Many of the learned members of this group will help you in

completing the journey.

 

THE ULTIMATE TRUTH according to Sri Gaudapada , paramaguru of

Sri Shankara is " There is no dissolution, THERE IS NO ORIGINATION " .

 

With warm and respectful regards,

Sreenivasa Murthy.

[Guest guest]

advaitin , " Akshay Chawla " <theadvaita

wrote:

>

> Pranams,

>

> Members please tell or provide links to answers about how Brahman

> created the universe and manifestations including Personal forms

of

> God? I want to know about the creation and the manifestations of

> Brahman as to how all this occured?

>

> Namaste,

> Akshay

Dear Akshay-ji,

Please go to

http://www.geocities.com/snsastri/vedacontent

Among the items there is one entitled `Creation', followed by

Creation of elements, etc. If you go through each of these, you will

get all details about creation. The real object of describing

creation is explained in the article entitled `Creation.

Best wishes.

S.N.Sastri

 

>

[Guest guest]

H.N.Sreenivasa Murthy

Pranams to all.

 

Dear Sri Akshay Chawala, and respected members

 

In continuation of my posting 39885, Wherein I had stated

" Hence Sri Shankara says 'It is fruitless to know about

creation. Even though there is variation in the order of the

manifestation, all the scriptures agree that the Creator is Brahman

Only. Hence Know Brahman and all the questions/doubts will be come to

an end. " and " Sri Shankara says " Brahman is your own true nature and

the true nature of the whole manifestation. Hence know your true

nature and you will know about the Creator as well as the Creation " ,

here is SrutipramANa for the above:

 

Quote:

" For him who sees this, reflects on this and understands this, the

prana springs from the Self, hope springs from the Self, memory

springs from the Self, the akasa springs from the Self, fire springs

from the Self; water springs from the Self; appearance and

disappearance spring from the Self, food springs from the Self,

strength springs from the Self; understanding springs from the Self,

meditation springs from the Self, consideration springs from the Self,

will springs from the Self; mind springs from the Self speech springs

from the Self, the name springs from the Self the sacred hymns spring

from the Self the sacrifices spring from the Self—ay, all this springs

from the Self. " [Chandogya ; 7-26-1]

 

WHAT IS " THIS " ? Sruti says :

" That infinite, indeed, is below. It is above. It is behind. It is

before. It is to the south. It is to the north. The Infinite, indeed,

is all this.

" Next follows the instruction about the Infinite with reference to `I':

I, indeed, am below. I am above. I am behind. I am before. I am to the

south. I am to the north. I am, indeed, all this.

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" Next follows the instruction about the Infinite with reference to the

Self: The Self indeed, is below. It is above. It is behind. It is

before. It is to the south. It is to the north. The Self, indeed, is

all this.

[Chandogya : 7-25-1 and 7-25-2]

 

Then,What should be the direction in which the quest and

discussions by a mumukshu/jij~jAsu ought to take place? I think that

the above quoted mantra has very clearly shown the goal as well as the

direction.

 

With warm and respectful regards,

Sreenivasa Murthy

 

 

 

 

 

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