tman_and_moksa

SR No.: 020053
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: G N Joshi
Publisher: Gujarat University
Publication Year: 1965
Total Pages: 901
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 12 MB

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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
The Systems of Rāmānuja ......
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liberated, regains its concealed bliss (ānanda-31781) and becomes one with God, and thus, experiences the whole nature, i.e., saccidānanda (afteria) of God. The same Self, God or the Brahman descends down even in the inanimate objects by obscuring its consciousness or intelligence and also the bliss or ananda. Everything is spiritual in essence; there are the differences of degree and there is a continuity from the matter to the jiva and from the jiva to the Is'vara. The creation and destruction of the objects of the world, and birth and death of the individual souls are nothing but the manifestation or non-manifestation of the Supreme Self or God.
The jivas and the inanimate objects (jada-T) come into existence just as sparks (visphulinngaforyofess) come out of the blazing fire. The consciousness and bliss (cit and ananda) of the Divine are suppressed in the material objects and bliss (ānanda ) is suppressed in the souls or jivas.' The jiva is as minute as the extremity or tip of a grain of rice and its consciousness spreads at long distances just like the fragrance of flower, which keeps itself stationary at a particular spot. Thus, according to Vallabha, the soul is atomic (anu-a11) in size and it can become pervasive like the Brahman (Brahmavyāpaka-A1914) by means of intelligence. Vallabha says that just as Kțsna, though sitting in the lap of
i Giridhar Mahārāja : S'uddhadvaitamārtanda. S'lokas, 9-11. 2 Vallabha: Tartvārthadipah, p. 78.
जीवस्तु आराप्रमात्रो हि गन्धवद्व्यतिरेकात् । यथा गन्धः पुष्पापेक्षयाधिकदेशं व्याप्नोति, तथा चैतन्यगुणः सर्वदेहव्यापीत्यर्थः ।
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