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advaitin , " Chittaranjan Naik "

<chittaranjan_naik> wrote:

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> Dear Sri Bhaskar Prabhuji,

>

> advaitin , bhaskar.yr@i... wrote:

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> > praNAms Sri Chittaranjan prabhuji

> > Hare Krishna

> > Thanks for the immediate clarification. Would it be possible

> > for you to give me the maNtra bhAga of these references (1 &

> > 2) ...coz. numbering of the maNtra-s some time differs in the

> > printed versions ..I think sUtra is *shAstra yOnitvAt* right??

>

>

> 1. Brahadaranyaka Upanishad bhashya, I,ii

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> " There was nothing whatsoever here in the beginning. It was

covered

> only by Death (Hiranyagarbha), or Hunger, for hunger is death.... "

 

Namaste All,

 

I remember reading Spinoza many years ago and the impression that I

get about his ideas on 'God', is that he was in tune with the

Kabbalists.

 

Their idea of a Transcendent God was similar also to the Christian

idea of a God transcending but at the same time having some

attributes.

 

Ein Sof was the term used.

 

This generally wasn't the same thing as Saguna Brahman. Although

their idea of God Immanent is somewhat analogous to Ishvara. Isvara

being the sum total of all the Jivas as trees in a forest.

 

They didn't appear to have the concept of NirGuna Brahman at all,

never mind AjataVada........So we are talking in the area of

probably Visishtadvaita as opposed to Advaita with Spinoza and the

Kabbalists................ONS...Tony.

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