Prakrithi

[Guest guest]

SrI:

 

Dear SrI Raghavan:

 

The questions that you have asked are

profound topics that you have to absorb from

Qualified AchAryAs .They are complex and at the same

time are fundamental to understand and firm up in

one's mind as a SrI vaishNavan.

 

I have number of suggestions for you.

 

(1) at an elementary level , You can

read the clearly written overview on

these basic concepts by U.Ve. V.N. Gopala

DesikaachAr Swamy of Oppiliappan Koil.

It may be available at Nrusimha PriyA Office

at Mylapore.

 

(2) Vaishnavism : Its philosophy , Theology

and Religious discipline , Dr S.M. Srinivasachary

Motilal banarsida Publishers , Madras branch .

 

(3) SrImad Rahasya Thraya VivaraNam :

By HH the 45th AhObila Matam Jeeyar

( by the Current Jeeyar : HH SrI NaarAyana

YathIndhra MahA Desikan ); also available

at Nrusimha Priya Office at Mylapore.

 

(4) The Philosophy of VisishtAdvaithA :

Dr.M.E.RangAchAr

Publishers: SrI NithyAnandha Printers

46, 4th Cross, Ashok Nagar

Bangalore 560 050

Phone 652 60 27

 

5) Regarding the thri GuNams ,

Bhagavath GitA Commentary by either

ThirukkaLLam Swamy in Tamil or the one

By SrI V.N.GopAla DesikAcchAr Sawmy

would help you get the fundamentals .

 

These are important concepts that we must

comprehend clearly to understand the uniqueness

of VisishtAdvaitham and where it differs from

other Darsanams .

 

It will be a wonderful Journey for you .

You are asking the right questions , which

is the first step to delve deeper in to our

SampradhAyam and Darsanam .

 

After these readings , You might wish to seek a sadAchAryan

and perform SaraNAgathy at His sacred feet to have AchArya

Sambhandham.

 

In quick response to Your current questions,

Prakruthi is one of the achith or achEtanams . It is also

insentient or the one , which does not have consciousness .

Chith in contrast to achith possesses knowledge.

 

According to our VisishtAdhvaitha VedAnthA ,

we have three subdivisions of Achith or achEthana:

 

(1) Prakrithi : the primordial Cosmic matter

and its evolutes (Mahath , ahamkAra et al)include

the material Universe .Prakrithi means that which

undergoes changes.Prakrithi is an achEthnam or

non-sentient one or Jada Dravyam.Prakrithi has 3 basic

attributes:Satthva , RajO and TamO guNAs. Creation of the Universe

and dissolution of the Universe by our Lord from

Prakrithi is a special and important concept to

understand ( Vyashti srushti, Samashti Srushti ,

PancheekaraNam et al). Our Lord is the Jagath

Kaaranan (primary cause of the Universe).The relation

between the Lord as the creator of the Universe

and the Universe itself is a

 

(2) Nithya VibhUthi: SrI Vaikuntam , the transcendental

universe of SrIman NaarAyaNa made up entirely from

pure saathvika substance ( Suddha Sathvam).

 

(3) Kaala or Time with all its subdivisions like seconds,

Minutes, hours ,days , months, pakshams ,ayanams and

samvathsarams/years. It is an " independent and real "

substance(the last of the three achetana tatthvams)

and has an important status as prakruthi. It co-exists

with prakruthi and is not part of Prakruthi.It is infinite

and eternal . Hours and days are modifications or

" different states of infinite kaala (akhaNda Kaala) " .

It is also eternal with no beginning or end.

 

Swamy Desikan's NyAya SiddhAnjana and NyAya

parisuddhi covers in great detail the subtle

aspects of PramANAs (valid means of knowledge)

and pramEyAs( what is to be known as ultimate

truths such as Isvaran, soul/aathamn/chith and

achith/insentient . Swamy Desikan has written

14 VedAnthic works expounding , defending and

reinforcing AchArya RaamAnujA's doctrines

immortalized in SrI BhAshyam .

 

In summary , the VisishtAdhvaitha VedAntham

is a blissful ocean to immerse in .AchArya

Sambhandham is absolutely essential in

such a journey .

 

On this SvabhAnu samvathsaram's first day,

I wish you all success in undertaking this

journey of discovery about our sampradhAyam

and Darsanam.

 

SrI BhUmi Devi SamEtha ThiruviNnagarappan

ThiruvadigalE SaraNam ,

V.SadagOpan

 

 

 

At 07:15 PM 4/14/03 +0530, you wrote:

> " Lakshminatha samarambham Nada yamuna madyamam

>asmadhaachaarya paryantham vande guruparamparam "

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>Dear Bhakthas,

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>Iniya Thamizh puththandu vazhthukkal to all

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>I am back with few more questions!!

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>What is actually Prakriti, Kaalam and Sudda satvam?

>What are the meanings of Rajas, Tamas and Satva gunams?( if possible, in

>detail please)

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>Could any one answer these questions to all who read this?

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>Narasimha Raghavan

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