[Advaita-l] Entities in liberated state

Jaldhar H. Vyas jaldhar at braincells.com
Thu Oct 27 23:28:19 CDT 2011


On Mon, 24 Oct 2011, Rajaram Venkataramani wrote:

> If a jnani becomes Brahman but not Isvara, then there is a contingency
> that there are multiple entities (Isvara and Brahman) in the liberated
> or transcendental state. Or Isvara, who can bestow liberation, is not
> liberated because He is different from Brahman. How is this resolved?

Ishvara is what the ignorant jiva calls Brahman in the aspect of the 
creator, maintainer, and regenerator of the universe.  If the two are 
thought of seperately, it is only due to a definitional mistake on the 
part of the jiva.

-- 
Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>



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