Vivekananda Mailing List 8/8/03

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In explaining this aphorism the commentator Râmânuja says, " This doubt

being raised, whether among the powers of the liberated souls is

included that unique power of the Supreme One, that is, of creation

etc. of the universe and even the Lordship of all, or whether, without

that, the glory of the liberated consists only in the direct perception

of the Supreme One, we get as an argument the following: It is

reasonable that the liberated get the Lordship of the universe, because

the scriptures say, 'He attains to extreme sameness with the Supreme

One and all his desires are realised.'