Posted October 1st, 2008 by Ramasamy Ramanuja Dasan
By Sri V.N. Gopala Desikan At the time of death, how does the Jivatma depart from this body? This is well explained in the Upanishads. At the time of death, the Jivatma leaves the body. When the Jivatma leaves the body, the following also leave:- 1) The five senses of knowledge; (Jnana Indriyas) 2) The [...]
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Posted September 30th, 2008 by Ramasamy Ramanuja Dasan
By Sri V.N. Gopala Desikan You said that like Brahman, the Jivatma and matter are also eternal. Is there only one Jivatma or there are several of them? Jivatmas are infinite in number. The fact that they are countless, has been made clear in the Vedas,as Well as in the Bhagavad Gita. Then, is there [...]
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Posted September 26th, 2008 by Ramasamy Ramanuja Dasan
By Sri V.N. Gopala Desikan What are the types of activities of the Jivatma, in this world? The activities pursued by Jivatma are of three kinds: 1) Nitya 2) Naimittika 3) Kamya 1) Nitya: That which has to be done, without fail, regularly, like Sandhyavandana. By not doing these, one incurs sins. 2) Naimittika: Those, [...]
Tags: bhakthi, bhakthi-yoga, Hinduism, jivatma, jnana-yoga, karma-yoga, prapatti, yoga
Posted September 22nd, 2008 by Ramasamy Ramanuja Dasan
By Sri V.N. Gopala Desikan What is the essential nature of Iswara? The essential nature of Iswara is truth, knowledge, infiniteness, happiness and purity. He is present everywhere. He knows everything. Why is He called Bhagavan? He possesses six qualities and that is why He is called Bhagavan. Bhaga in Sanskrit means good quality. What [...]
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Posted September 19th, 2008 by Ramasamy Ramanuja Dasan
By Sri V.N. Gopala Desikan What is the meaning of Achetana? As mentioned earlier, we have three tattvas or reals. We will next take up Achetana and then finally Iswara. Achetana means non-sentient. It means that it does not possess any knowledge. So, theAchetana is not capable of thinking, since it has no knowledge(pramana). What [...]
Tags: creation, Hinduism, jivatma, paramatma
Posted September 18th, 2008 by Ramasamy Ramanuja Dasan
By Sri V.N. Gopala Desikan Please explain how you say that the soul is different from the body? When I say “this is my book”, I mean the book belongs to me. The book is obviously something different from myself. Similarly, I say “this is my body”. So, the body is different from myself. Here, [...]
Tags: Hinduism, jivatma, sastras, Srivaishnavam, vedas, visishtadvaitham
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