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MIND, MATTER AND GOD : JIVA, JADA AND ISVARA M.M.NINAN Ishvara is considered to have a 2-fold characteristic: he is the indweller of all beings and all beings dwell in Ishvara. Antarvyapi (He who fill all of the inside) When Ishvara is thought of as the indweller of all beings, he is referred to as the Paramatman, or the innermost self of all beings. He who inhabits water, yet is within water, whom water does not know, whose body water is and who controls water from within — He is your Self, the Inner Controller, the Immortal. He who inhabits the sun, yet is within the sun, whom the sun does not know, whose body the sun is and who controls the sun from within — |He is your Self, the Inner Controller, the Immortal Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 3.7.4-14 Bahuvyapi (He who fills all) When Ishvara is thought of as the all encomposing and the residence of all beings that is, all beings reside in Ishvara, he is referred to as the paramapurusha. The sentient beings and the insentient universe which form part of the pan-organistic body of Ishvara are encapsulated by Ishvara. Sarvam khalvidam Brahma (Chandogya Upanishad) Isavasyam idam sarvam (Isa Upanishad) Chit Chit is the world of sentient beings, or of entities possessing consciousness. It is similar to the Purusha of Samkhya system. The sentient beings are called Jīvās and they are possessors of individual consciousness as denoted by "I". The scope of Chit refers to all beings with an "I" consciousness, or more specifically self-awareness. Therefore all 152
MIND, MATTER AND GOD : JIVA, JADA AND ISVARA M.M.NINAN entities which are aware of their own individual existence are denoted as chit. This is called Dharmi-jnana or substantive consciousness. The sentient beings also possess varying levels of Dharma-bhuta-jnana orattributive consciousness The jivas possess three different types of existence: • Nityas, or the eternally free Jivas who were never in Samsara. • Muktas, or the Jivas that were once in Samsara but are free. • Baddhas, or the Jivas which are still in Samsara Achit Achit is the world of insentient entities as denoted by matter or more specifically the non-conscious Universe. It is similar to the Prakriti of Samkhya system. Brahman There is a subtle difference between Ishvara and Brahman. Ishvara is the substantive part of Brahman, while jivas and jagat are its modes (also secondary attributes), and kalyanagunas (auspicious attributes) are the primary attributes. The secondary attributes become manifested in the effect state when the world is differentiated by name and form. The kalyanagunas are eternally manifest. Brahman is the description of Ishvara when comprehended in fullness– i.e., a simultaneous vision of Ishvara with all his modes and attributes. The relationship between Brahman and Jivas, Jagat is expressed by Rāmānujā in numerous ways. He calls this relationship as one of: • sharIra/sharIrI (body/indweller); • prakAra/prakArI (attribute or mode/substance); • shesha/sheshi (Owned/owner); • amsha/amshI (part/whole); • AdhAradeya/sambandha (supporter/supported); 153
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