[Advaita-l] Trimurtis and aAll gods are mere forms of one Brahman - Shankara

[Raghav Kumar Dwivedula]

On Sat 7 Jul, 2018, 1:35 PM Raghav Kumar Dwivedula, <raghavkumar00 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaste Chandramouli ji
> I have heard Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswati ji say that hiraNyagarbha
> status awaits Sri Hanunam of Ramayana fame in the next kalpa. (Just to
> buttress the point that hiraNyagarbha status is within the realm of karma
> and upAsanA phala.)
>
> I am not sure which Purana mentions this about Hanuman.
>
> Also of some interest is the question -
> If that newly born hiraNyagarbha puruSha was afflicted temporarily with
> fear and loneliness as BU puts it, how did he "get" the GYAnam without
> external assistance from another intelligent Being (i.e., a Guru). My
> understanding on this question - that अरति and भय were not due to his being
> an aGYAni like a regular jIva, rather these emotions were only residues due
> to prArabdha. Otherwise, atleast in principle, any jIva can get GYAnam all
> by himself. Since this is not possible, the only alternative is that like
> vAmadeva who underwent the necessary sadhana before itself, that first born
> Purusha too was a GYAnI with a special prArabdha to be born etc., so there
> was no need for any fresh Upadesha etc.
>
> Om
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sat 7 Jul, 2018, 12:41 PM H S Chandramouli, <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Namaste Raghav Ji,
>>>
>>> Reg << The characteristic of 'samsAritvaM being kalpitam', is common to
>>> both
>>> general jIvas and the special exalted jIva viz., hiraNyagarbha. So that
>>> (samsAritvaM being kalpitaM) would not be the distinguishing
>>> characteristic
>>> that makes for upAsyatvaM of hiraNyagarbha. >>,
>>>
>>> My understanding. There is a difference between the “ kalpita
>>> samsAritvam “ as between HiraNyagarbha and other jIvAs. HiraNyagarbha
>>> becomes a jnAni almost immediately after birth. Other jIvAs are not so.
>>> That is the distinguishing characteristic that makes for upAsyatvam of
>>> HiraNyagarbha. This is broughtout in the Bhashya itself in the same place.
>>> All jIvAs also may be Brahman only, but they are not BrahmajnAnIs because
>>> they are not aware of their status as Brahman.
>>>
>>> I have kept the response very brief intentionally. Any specific issue
>>> could be clarified by way of discussion.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>>