Guest guest Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 Pranam Gurujan, Why Neti Neti can't negate Brahman ? Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Yuvaraj - PraNAms Yes it does negate Brahman as object as iti - as this is Brahman. What cannot be negated is the negator, the subject who is negating. Scripture says that is Brahman not the one who can negate. Negation involves assertion that I am the very subject who is negating all - idams or this-s - The subject cannot become an object for negation. Hari Om! Sadananda --- On Sat, 7/25/09, Yuvraj <the_yuvraj wrote: Yuvraj <the_yuvraj Neti Neti & Brahman advaitin Saturday, July 25, 2009, 3:56 PM Pranam Gurujan, Why Neti Neti can't negate Brahman ? Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Dear Sri Yovaraj, Pranams. > Why Neti Neti can't negate Brahman ? In addition to what Sri Sadanandaji said, I shall try to say something more here. There are two chaitanyams in everyone. The one is the general one, which is called kUtastha chaitanyam (KC). The second is the reflected Chaitanyam or Aabhasachaitanyam(AC). KC is ever-abiding, whereas AC exists only during swapna (dream state) and jagrad (waking State). AC can exist only if there is any chitta-vritti. Now, neti neti negates what? neti neti negates *all* that are not Brahman. AC is the reflection of KC on Buddhi. Buddhi is matter only, not chaitanyam, if it does not have any borrowed chaitanyam. So, through neti neti, one can negate alllllllll including one's own AC too. Once that AC is negated, there is nothing else remains to be negated. You may ask what about KC? But, in that state, one merges with KC itself. There is no seperate entity for a person other than Brahman itself. He realizes his *subjective nature*. So, neti neti cannot negate Brahman. With regards, Anupam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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