Man is just a part while the Lord is whole - Swami

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I was asked once how any one can accept the two seemingly opposite statements:

"Brahma Sathyam Jaganmithya" and "Sarvam Vishnumayam Jagath" - Brahman is Truth,

world is false" and "World is full of Vishnu."

This was My reply: the powers of man are limited by his experience and his

knowledge. He is just a Pinda (part), while the Lord is Anda (whole), the force

pervading the entire universe. The Anda-Pinda Lingam symbolises this body-limb

relationship, the part-whole aspect of Maadhava and man.

- From Swami's Divine Discourse on 22nd October 1961.

Om Sai Ram