bhaktajan 0 Report post Posted August 29, 2008 :namaskar: NOW THIS IS ADVANCED VEDANTA SUBJECT MATTER: except from the book "Brahmana o Vaisnavera Taratmya" by Sri Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakura ... Before acquiring material designations, the living entity is supremely pure. Even though he is not engaged in serving the Supreme Lord, he remains situated in the neutral position of santa-rasa due to his marginal nature. Though the living entity born from the marginal potency does not at that time exhibit a taste for serving the Lord due to a lack of knowledge of self-realization, his direct propensity of serving the Supreme Lord nevertheless remains within him in a dormant state. Though the indirect propensity of material enjoyment, which is contrary to the service of the Lord, is not found in him at that time, indifference to the service of Hari and the seed of material enjoyment, which follows that state of indifference, are nevertheless present within him. <o></o> <o></o> The living entity, who belongs to the marginal potency, cannot remain indifferent forever by subduing both devotional and non-devotional propensities. He therefore contemplates unconstitutional activities from his marginal position. As a sleeping person dreams that he is active in the physical world without actually being involved in activities, when the dormant indifferent living entity of the marginal potency exhibits even a little apathy to the service of the Supreme Lord and situates himself in a neutral, unchanging condition for even a little time, he is infected by impersonalism. That is why the conditioned soul desires to merge in the impersonal Brahman, thus exhibiting his mind's fickle nature. But due to neglecting the eternal service of the Lord and thereby developing the quality of aversion to the Lord, he cannot remain fixed in that position. In this way aversion to the Lord breaks his concentration of mind and establishes him as the master of this world of enjoyment. ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RamanaDasi 0 Report post Posted August 30, 2008 Before acquiring material designations he is not engaged in serving the Supreme Lord ... he remains in the neutral position of santa-rasa due to his marginal nature Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bija 0 Report post Posted August 30, 2008 Yes that is correct Ramanadasi, the Lord's energies are eternal. http://nitaaiveda.com/All_Scriptures_By_Acharyas/Baladeva_Vidyabhushana/Vedanta_Sutra/Preface.htmShankaracarya does not accept the theory of transformation, as the Vaishnava acaryas, do. The theory of transformation is explained in this way. Just as milk is transformed into yogurt under certain conditions, but yogurt cannot be transformed again into milk, nor can it be used as milk, in the same way the living entities cannot become the Supreme Absolute Truth. This theory of transformation is not accepted by the mayavadi philosopher. But we must remember that the spiritual body is latent in all sparks. And that spiritual body when manifest is not simply an extension, but a manifestation of the 'original self' and its potency. Its constitution, 'service mood' and subordinate to the Supreme Original. The marginal jiva will either look one way or the other. We all know what looking toward enjoyment seperately entails. Now we are beginning to look the other way under guidance of Param-atma. Lord Krishna promises once we enter the Supreme Abode we will never have to come back to this material world. The soul finds its full satisfaction in association with the Supreme. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bija 0 Report post Posted August 30, 2008 35) As no two snowflakes are alike, so is each individual spirit soul unique. Spiritual life does not mean that the ego should be wiped out, but rather the true ego, or individual spiritual identity, should be uncovered in its glory. from the book Pushpanjali Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
