Jiva Whattva? (What is Jiva tattva??)

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Jiva Whattva?

 

By Richard Shaw Brown

 

Late Acharya of the original Sri Gaudiya Mission, Pujya Tridandi Swami

Bhakti Hridaya Vana Maharaj (1901-1982), taught that the reason or

purpose of this exercise, whereby unlimited Jiva-souls pass through

Maya, is acintya and known only to Sri Krishna Himself. It is useless

to ponder. We must understand how the process works, but we can never

know the reason 'why.'

 

Why NOT!?

 

All Jivas are eternal, sometimes inactive (like during Pralaya and

Maha-pralaya) and sometimes active, but always alive (chit). It is

reasonable to say that no Jiva soul who had full developed realization

of his "self" would willingly choose the painful and doomed path of

Maya.

 

Srila Vana Maharaj clearly taught that Jivas are injected (so to speak)

into Maya to work their way up and to Vaikuntha. The choice comes when

we reach human intelligence, as is the case right now. Even now we

could all choose to return to Vaikuntha immediately if we really

desired that 100%.

 

The badha Jivas are meant to enter Maya and then work their way back to

Para-vyoma Brahma Puri or the City of the Absolute. It is just one

particular process designed by HARI for His Own fun 'n' games.

 

In CC Kaviraj Goswami states, "Krishna bhuli shay Jiva anadi," we have

forgotten Krishna since "before time" began, so there is no initial

choice. We cannot choose something, which is out of our memory.

 

The Jiva begins his seemingly eternal material existence as a

microscopic life form, like an "anu," which is completely covered and

in state of ignorance. We do not have a rational understandable choice

until we reach human life; and amongst humans very few rarely question

reality.

 

They do not choose in the beginning' because there is neither beginning

nor end for the Jiva. All Jivas are eternal, conscious and blissful in

essence (sat-chit-ananda), being marginal chit particles of Lord Hari.

 

Swami Vana Maharaj emphasized THREE particular tattvas' as being

principle (in relation to us, the Jivas):

 

(1) The eternal, all blissful, spiritual universe which is the

playground of the Lord and lies within Paravyoma brahma-puri.

 

(2) The temporary changeable, material universe, the endless ocean of

birth and death, prakriti, the jada-samsara.

 

(3) All living beings seen or unseen who belong to the Jiva (soul)

potency which is all spiritual and blissful by nature andemanates from

in between the external and internal worlds.

 

Although the Jiva Shakti lies in-between the spiritual and material

realms still the souls are always engaged in one or the other and do

not reside in the middle but only emanate' from that position by the

arrangement of Lord Vasudeva. Sarva karana karanam.

 

The example of King Puranjana in Srimad Bhagavat pertains to a soul

already long within the jada-samsar.

Therefore it is not relevant to the issue of origin or original choice

of the jiva.

 

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