[Advaita-l] Re: Confused with Gita 5.10 & 5.11

[Ravisankar Mayavaram]

These two verse may be apt in the context of this discussion.

prakR^iteH kriyamaaNaani guNaiH karmaaNi sarvashaH .
ahaN^kaaravimuuDhaatmaa kartaahamiti manyate .. 3-27..

tattvavittu mahaabaaho guNakarmavibhaagayoH .
guNaa guNeshhu vartanta iti matvaa na sajjate .. 3-28..



On 9/14/05, V. Krishnamurthy <profvk at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Namaste, Praveenji,
> 
> I am quoting you below so that my explanations may be
> properly understood: You say,
> 
>  "I'm just using 5.10 and 5.11 (B. Gita) as examples to
> clarify a long pending doubt. That is,
> nirguNa brahmaN not acting, why does the Lord ask to
> dedicate actions to brahmaN in 5.10? Is it not like telling
> yourself that I (BMI: body, mind, intellect) don't act, but
> I (brahmaN) does? "
>