Guest guest Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Dear All, Namaste. Brahman is hinted in two different ways. They are called tadastha lakshana and svarupa lakshana. For the former, taittiriya upanishad is often taken: yato vaa imaani bhutaani jaayante etc. For the latter, again, taittiriya upanishad is taken: satyam jnanam anantam brahma etc. Can any one please exactly explain what the tadastha lakshana and svarupa lakshana mean? For tadastha lakshana generally we hear an illustration of 'traveling in a boat and the trees etc on the banks of the river'. What does it exactly signify? Thanks in advance, AS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 advaitin , anupam srivatsav <anupam.srivatsav wrote: > > Dear All, > > Namaste. > > Brahman is hinted in two different ways. They are called tadastha > lakshana and svarupa lakshana. > > For the former, taittiriya upanishad is often taken: > > yato vaa imaani bhutaani jaayante etc. > > For the latter, again, taittiriya upanishad is taken: > > satyam jnanam anantam brahma etc. > > Can any one please exactly explain what the tadastha lakshana and > svarupa lakshana mean? For tadastha lakshana generally we hear an > illustration of 'traveling in a boat and the trees etc on the banks of > the river'. What does it exactly signify? > > Thanks in advance, > AS > Dear Anupam-ji, Maybe you should read http://www.geocities.com/profvk/gohitvip/34.html which is an essay on The Absolute As It Is. Try and ask me further questions if any. With regards, profvk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 namaste Anupamji,Your question - "Can any one please exactly explain what the tadastha lakshana and svarupa lakshana mean?"the answer for the above has been quoted from Swami Dayanadaji's Bhagavd Gita home study Vol 2, page no. 451. Chapter 7 of the Gita The two types of LakShaNaasSavrUpa lakShaNathere are two types of lakShaNa; SvarUpa lakShaNa and taTastha lakShaNa. svarUpa lakShaNa reveals the essential nature of domething. for example, if you describe water as H2O, this is svarUpa lakShaNa. water is nothing but htese atoms. SO if you describe water as H2O, you are explaining the svarUpa of water. here the definition of brahman as satyam, jnaanam ananantam brahma, reveals the nature of brahman, the vastu. it negates all attributes and these points out by implication that the vastu is the existence of anything that is existent and is the content of any form of knowledge.taTastha lakShaNathen if for example, you want to indicate a certain hose and do so by saying it is the house on which the crow is sitting, that is taTastha lakShaNa. The crow is not a part of the house even though it helps you recognise the house. the next time you have to identify hat house you need not wait for the crow to come and sit on it. once you recognise the house, the crow is not a part of the understanding of the house. that is called taTastha lakShaNa.Whenever creation is discussed in the shaastra, Brahman is presented as the cause from which everything has come, by which everything is sutained and into which everything resolves. therfore everything is Brahman. This is taTastha lakShaNapranamsLakshmi Check out the all-new Messenger 9.0! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2009 Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 Dear sri Sadanandaji, Shastri ji and Lakshmiji, Namaste. Thanks a lot for your explanations. It really helped me in understanding the point. With regards, A. On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 11:17 PM, Lakshmi Muthuswamy <lakmuthu wrote: > namaste Anupamji, > > Your question - > " Can any one please exactly explain what the tadastha lakshana and > svarupa lakshana mean? " > > the answer for the above has been quoted from Swami Dayanadaji's Bhagavd > Gita home study Vol 2, page no. 451. Chapter 7 of the Gita > > The two types of LakShaNaas > > SavrUpa lakShaNa > > there are two types of lakShaNa; SvarUpa lakShaNa and taTastha lakShaNa. > > svarUpa lakShaNa reveals the essential nature of domething. for example, if > you describe water as H2O, this is svarUpa lakShaNa. water is nothing but > htese atoms. SO if you describe water as H2O, you are explaining the svarUpa > of water. here the definition of brahman as satyam, jnaanam ananantam > brahma, reveals the nature of brahman, the vastu. it negates all attributes > and these points out by implication that the vastu is the existence of > anything that is existent and is the content of any form of knowledge. > > taTastha lakShaNa > > then if for example, you want to indicate a certain hose and do so by saying > it is the house on which the crow is sitting, that is taTastha lakShaNa. The > crow is not a part of the house even though it helps you recognise the > house. the next time you have to identify hat house you need not wait for > the crow to come and sit on it. once you recognise the house, the crow is > not a part of the understanding of the house. that is called taTastha > lakShaNa. > > Whenever creation is discussed in the shaastra, Brahman is presented as the > cause from which everything has come, by which everything is sutained and > into which everything resolves. therfore everything is Brahman. This is > taTastha lakShaNa > > pranams > Lakshmi > > ________________________________ > Check out the all-new Messenger 9.0! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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