[Advaita-l] Is Brahman saguNa or nirguNa or aguNa?

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On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 05:39, Krishnadas <krishnadas135 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Please advise the scriptural reinforcements for this statement?
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1. In kUrmapurANam :
ashakto yadi mAH dhyAtumaishvaraM rUpamavyayam.
tadA me sakale rUpe kAlAdye.anantabhedini..
yadeva rUpaM me tAta manasogocharastava.
tanniShThastatparo bhUtvA tadarchanaparo bhava..
yattu me niShkalaM rUpaM chinmAtraM kevalaM shivam.
sarvopAdhivinirmuktamekmevAmR^itaM param..
GYAnenaikena tallabhyaM kleshena paramaM padam..


2. In yogavAsiShTha :
sAmAnyaM paramaM cheti dve rUpe viddhi me.anagha.
pANyAdiyuktaM sAmAnyaM yattu mUDhA upAsate..
paraM rUpamanAdyantaM yanmamaikamanAmayam.
brahmAtmAparamAtmAdishabdenaitadudIryate..

3. In gItA
avyaktA hi gatirduHkhaM dehavadbhiravApyate.

There are some more evidences, but I'm unable to recall them.
Anyhow, vedAnata declares brahman devoid of name and form and knowledge of
this brahman direct cause of liberation. As it is difficult, so brahman took
form, etc. (this is what kUrma says.) to make incapable ones able to walk on
path of liberation.
yogavAsiShTha says these people mUDha.
gItA says path of nirguNa difficult.