[Advaita-l] A Circle with center everywhere and circumference nowhere

[V Subrahmanian]

On Sun, Apr 29, 2018 at 9:28 PM, Raghav Kumar Dwivedula via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste
> The context i think is the oft-quoted statement of Swami Vivekananda
>

Even I recalled Swamiji's statement but did not search the exact reference.
So I posted a general Upanishadic reference.

regards
vs


> There are two instances of it -
>
> Swami Vivekananda Reference 1
>
> “So then the Hindu believes that he is spirit. Him the sword cannot pierce
> — him the fire cannot burn — him the water cannot melt — him the air cannot
> dry. The Hindu believes that every soul is a circle whose
> circumference is nowhere,
> but whose centre is located in the body, and that death means the change of
> this centre from body to body. Nor is the soul bound by the conditions of
> matter. In its very essence it is free, unbounded, holy, pure, and perfect.
> But somehow or other it finds itself tied down to matter, and thinks of
> itself as matter...” (the individual)
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> Swami Vivekananda Reference 2 – “.... Man is an infinite circle whose
> circumference is nowhere, but the centre is located in one spot; and God is
> an infinite circle whose circumference is nowhere, but whose centre is
> everywhere. He works through all hands, sees through all eyes, walks on all
> feet, breathes through all bodies, lives in all life, speaks through every
> mouth, and thinks through every brain.” (the individual and the Total are
> both mentioned)
>
>
> Om
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> On Sun, Apr 29, 2018 at 1:51 PM, Kartik Vashishta via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Hari OM!
> >
> > What does "A Circle with center everywhere and circumference nowhere"
> this
> > mean?
> >
> > Am I to assume that it means that there are no "objects of perception"
> but
> > only "subjects" and that everything is pure consciousness itself?
> >
> > Please explain by way of explanation AND analogy.
> >
> > Hari OM!
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