[Advaita-l] Which entities are said to possess a sUxma sharIra ?

[Raghav Kumar Dwivedula]

Namaste sreenivasa murthy  ji
I know you don't prefer discussion on anything other than the svarUpa
laxana of AtmA and thats wonderful .

However if you were to carefully study the Chandogya upanishad and brahma
Sutras many such topics are discussed in detail there .

Please go through brahma Sutras 3.1.17 to 3.1.27 and you may wish to ponder
over why shankara bhagavatpAda and vyAsa  dwell on such topics in detail -
topics which according to you may fall in avidyAkxetra?

Om
Raghav


On Fri 27 Apr, 2018, 12:38 PM sreenivasa murthy via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Dear Friends,
>
>  Do the discussions on the subject " Which entities are said to possess a
> sUxma sharIra ?"
> come under avidyAkShEtra or vidyAkShEtra? Clarification is requested.
>
> With respectful namaskars,
> Sreenivasa Murthy
>
>     On Friday, 27 April, 2018, 12:03:11 PM IST, Belavadi Shankar via
> Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
>  The points raised by Sri Raghav are extremely important in view of the
> topic 'Transmigration' discussed by
> Adi Shankaracharya and in Brihadharanyaka  and Chandogya Upanishads. I am
> eagerly waiting for inputs from
> our learned members.
>
> Namasthe
> shankar
>
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 9:47 PM, Raghav Kumar Dwivedula via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Namaste
> > For greater clarity i wish to know
> > 1. Does a plant have a sUXma sharIra?
> > My understanding is, it does. Since we have sthAvara yoni-s being
> attained
> > due to pApa phala fructification. But point to note is that although a
> > plant has no manifest antahkaraNa the way a higher mammal lke a cow etc.,
> > have, the plant still has a sUxma sharIra which enables bhukti for the
> jIva
> > born as the plant.
> >
> > 2. Does a virus have a sUxma sharIra?
> > Its just a a limited set of chemical substances viz., a protein coat and
> > DNA., both of which are changeable and removable one at a time. So if we
> > change the protein covering and retain the DNA, we would get a different
> > virus which behaves differently. Viruses are at the borderline between
> what
> > is jada and chetana. So its a moot question whether it is an independent
> > jIva at all in the first place.
> >
> > 3. Do single cell orgamisms have sUxma sharIra-s?
> > The question arises because if a single celled bacterium is regarded as
> > having an independent sUxma sharIra, what is the reason for not positing
> a
> > independent sUxma sharIra-s for each cell in a body of a larger creature?
> >
> > 4. Does a stone have a sUxma sharIra?
> > Probably not . In special  cases like the earth or Sun as a whole,
> shAstra
> > does seem to talk of an abhimAnI devata who self-identifies with these
> > cosmic bodies.
> >
> > Any additional clarity on these questions is welcome
> >
> > Thank you
> > Raghav
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