Guest guest Posted January 17, 2007 Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 advaitin , " Durga " <durgaji108 wrote: > Namaste Shri Shyamji, > > I'm not sure if I totally understand your post, but > a few things occur to me. Why is Brahman sometimes > called satyam/jnanam/anantam? Why is Brahman not > a knower, and yet that by which all (including the > mind) is known? > > Brahman is not a knower in that Brahman does not > perform a function of knowing, as in 'Now I know > an object. Now I don't.' > > The nature of Brahman is Knowing. All known. Namaste, Sat-Cit-Ananda, and Satyam-Jnanam-Anantam, only refer to the concept of Saguna Brahman or delusory Brahmam. They are qualities as Ramana would term them. I would say that qualities are attributes and therefore only refer to the Saguna-Self. The Self is as Real or unreal as oneself is...........Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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