[Advaita-l] Fwd: News about Acharya Pranipata Chaitanya

[Sujal Upadhyay]

Pranams,
Agree. For us, it is either sadgati or as Jaldhar bhai has said, one
attains brahmaloka to later merge in non-dual brahman. Third option is by
God's grace, this death (dropping body) is the last death if one holds on
to brahmabhAvanA at the time of living body. There is no rebirth. Best
would be to say 'this birth is last birth'. Such a person is jivanmukta.

Hari OM

OM

Sujal Upadhyay

"To disconnect from the self and to become Aware of anything else is
nothing but unhappiness" - Bhagawan Ramana Maharshi

He who has faith has all
He who lacks faith, lacks all
It is the faith int he name of lord that works wonders
FAITH IS LIFE, DOUBT IS DEATH - Sri Ramakrishna

On Sat, Nov 7, 2015 at 12:12 PM, Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 5 Nov 2015, R Krishnamoorthy via Advaita-l wrote:
>
> Very sad to hear this news about the passing away of Acharya Pranipata
>> Chaitanya. May his soul rest in peace.
>>
>
> Of course I understand the spirit in which Shri Krishnamoorthy wrote this
> but I think it is worth pointing out that for us having the soul "rest in
> peace" is not something to be desired.  The Christians believe that the
> dead believers are resting in their graves until such time as the Messiah
> will return and ressurect them.  We on the other believe that the atma
> transitions endlessly into many different names and forms propelled by the
> power of its good or bad actions.  There is no time for rest!  One who
> understands the nature of samsara can overcome it through Advaita Vedanta.
> For such a person who knows that what he thought of as "his" atma is the
> only, eternally existant paramatma there is no return to samsara.  Even the
> one who tries this but fails to achieve mukti in this lifetime will not
> return but have ample opportunity to perfect himself in the Brahmaloka.
>
>
> --
> Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>
>
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