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MIND, MATTER AND GOD : JIVA, JADA AND ISVARA M.M.NINAN Yamunacarya (916-1036 AD) Parasara Bhattar, Pillan, Sudarsanasuri and Rangaramanuja The gross errors of Advaita is overcome by Ramanuja by giving the full inhomogenity within Brahman. The Brahman, according to this philosophy, is not attribute-less but it is full of attributes. Brahman is Sarvaguna, possessing infinite number of attributes. But these are selective qualities like jnana (knowledge), bala (strength), veerya (courageousness), shakti (power), tejas (brilliance), satyakama (desire of good), satyasamkalpa, kaarunya (merciful compassion) etc. Brahman is the antithesis of all imperfections and negative qualities, like anger, pain, hunger, death, evil, sin, sickness and so on. Brahman is eternal, pervades all, is the cause of the entire creation. Being the creator Brahman is the only Independent Entity and the Support of the other two entities in the cosmos viz., souls (Jiva) and the material world (Jagat). Since there was nothing outside of Brahman, the created is also part of the creator but distinct from it. 'Tatva Traya Darisanam'. There are three entities Chit (Mind), Achit(Matter) and Iswara (God). There is unity in this trinity. Chit has achit as its sareeram (body). Our atma is inside our body . Forther, 144
MIND, MATTER AND GOD : JIVA, JADA AND ISVARA M.M.NINAN Chit is the body of Iswaran. This Sambandham ( relationship) between Chit and Eswaran is called Sareera-Sareeri Sambandham. The cosmos is the body of the Lord. Ishwara is the head of the cosmos. whole Cosmos, the entire universe, is the body of Brahman. Brahman is like Man because Man was created in the Image of Brahman. In Man, Jiva is in this body. Jiva is the Saririn while the body is the Sarira. Isa is the Lord. Jivas are His servants. Iswaran (Isa, the Lord) is also called Sriman Narayanan (One who took the form of Man). He alone rules all the worlds and universes. He is the cause and creator of everything. Nothing can exist without Him. He is inside everything as Antaryami and also outside everything for He bears everything. He is everywhere - omnipresent. While Brahman exists, Jiva and world subsist in Him. When creation occurs, the universe the essence of which was always within Brahman evolves itself and issues out of the Brahman with name and form, this is what is called creation. Brahman creates the world just as a spider creates it's webs out of itself. In this sense, Jivas exists within the Brahman dormant in the state of "sleep". Sao also insentient matter existed within Brahman dormant. They are translated and comes into reality. Creation is a spontaneous, joyous, creative activity (Leela) of Brahman arising out of love, which gives the Jiva the purpose and fulfilment in life. Brahman is compared to Pomegranate Fruit . Each seed is enclosed in red fleshy aril. Its body is made of arils; so also the body of Brahman is made of individual souls. What is aril to the fruit is the individual soul to Brahman. The fruit and Brahman are Samasthi. (aggregate of all arils [or souls]); the aril and the individual soul are vyasthi (single). You can come across the same allegory in the Hebrew concept of relation between God and creation. 145
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