The Jiva alone creates the dream – Srimad Bhagavatam
In this chapter of the Bhagavata, as an example to the Supreme Lord creating the world and entering into it, the creation of the dream by the jiva by the mind by his Avidya sakti is...
View ArticleA major Vedanta premise in the Agni Purana
Brahman is the transcendental reality; the world is sublated/negated. This chapter addresses this important Vedanta premise: अग्निपुराणम्/अध्यायः ३४७ https://sa.wikisource.org/s/4q2 भिद्यमानस्य...
View ArticleMain Advaita doctrinal points in the Brahmapurana – Wave – ocean analogy
ब्रह्मपुराणम्/अध्यायः २४३https://sa.wikisource.org/s/5h2 आनुलोम्येन जायन्ते लीयन्ते प्रतिलोमतः।गुणा गुणेषु सततं सागरस्योर्मयो यथा।। २४३.७२ ।। The order of creation is revered in dissolution. Waves...
View ArticleNirguna Brahman has Guna-s acquired from Maya alone – Srimad Bhagavatam
Nirguna Brahman has Guna-s acquired from Maya alone – Srimad Bhagavatam In this chapter it is stated that Brahman really has no attributes and that the attributes are from Maya alone:...
View ArticleIn the Vayu Purana, Trimurti and All Devata Taratamya (hierarchy) is...
In this chapter, giving many examples, it is stated that the same Tattva appears as the Trimurti-s, based on the sattva, rajas and tamas qualities and performs different functions, and those who...
View Article12 characteristics of the Atman mentioned by Prahlada
Prahlada’s excellent spiritual sermon to his classmates in the Bhagavatam In this chapter he describes that our self is distinct from the body and lists its 12 distinct characteristics. With this...
View ArticleA clear demonstration of the Advaitic meaning of the Upanishad mantra ‘Dva...
Please access this article, in Sanskrit and English versions in this link: Click to access dva-suparna-bhagavata-sansk-eng.pdf
View ArticleBhagavatam: Brahman is the non-different Atman that is known through the...
Prahlada says that Brahman is the non-different Atman that can be understood through the path of the Upanishad, ‘Neti Neti’. In the Bhagavata, Prahlada, while teaching the esoteric truth to his...
View ArticleSattva, etc. Gunas are not inherent but only attributed to Nirguna Brahman –...
श्रीमद्भागवत महापुराण/स्कंध ०२/अध्यायः ०५ https://sa.wikisource.org/s/omu सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति निर्गुणस्य गुणास्त्रयः । स्थितिसर्गनिरोधेषु गृहीता मायया विभोः ॥ १८ ॥ The Bhagavata tells us that even...
View ArticleMadhvacharya cites ‘Paramarthika Satya’ and ‘Vyavaharika’ concepts
Shankaracharya says in the Brihadaranyaka 3.5.1 Bhashya: सर्ववादिनामप्यपरिहार्यः परमार्थसंव्यवहारकृतो व्यवहारः It means: //All Philosophers must necessarily accept the premise involving the dual...
View ArticleBrahman is the Upasya and also the Upasaka
Brahman is the Upasya and also the Upasaka In the Ahalya prayer to Rama in the below link: अहल्याकृतरामस्तोत्रम्https://sa.wikisource.org/s/7sr From the Adhyatma Ramayanam, there is a very exalted...
View ArticleThe distinction between Jeeva and Ishvara is adventitious (aupadhika), not...
The Jeevatma Paramatma Bheda is dispelled in the verses of this chapter: श्रीमद्भागवतपुराणम्/स्कन्धः ४/अध्यायः २८ https://sa.wikisource.org/s/ecd अहं भवान्न चान्यस्त्वं त्वमेवाहं विचक्ष्व भोः । न नौ...
View ArticleVedas = Seeta, Buddhists = Ravana, Sankara = Sri Ramachandra
At the end of the fourth canto of the Madhaveeya Shankara Vijaya, the author uses this simile, upamana, to convey that the Veda was rescued from the Buddhists by Shankaracharya. Seeta was abducted by...
View ArticleJivatma- Paramatma non-difference taught in the Devi Bhagavatam
In this chapter Ashtanga yoga is explained, the six chakras are mentioned, the Sadhana path is stated, and the fruit thereof is taught as Jiva-Brahma aikya, identity. देवीभागवतपुराणम्/स्कन्धः...
View ArticleThe Vishnu beyond Maya is Nirguna Brahman – Mahabharata
In the Mahabharata there is a detailed teaching of Brahma Vidya. This verse in the chapter gives a hierarchy of all tattva-s and Brahman is stated to be the ultimate. महाभारतम्-12-शांतिपर्व-204...
View ArticleNo dvaita-bhaana, perception of duality, in Samadhi – Says the Saatvata...
Dvaita, i.e. difference, is not experienced in the Samadhi state. Even the Bhagavad Gita says – शनैः शनैरुपरमेद्बुद्ध्या धृतिगृहीतया ।आत्मसंस्थं मनः कृत्वा न किञ्चिदपि चिन्तयेत् ॥ २५ ॥ 6.25 Fix the...
View ArticleTo whom is the jiva subservient? The Srimad Bhagavatam replies
In this chapter of the Bhagavatam it is clearly stated that the Atman (jiva) experiences samsara only because it wrongly involves itself in Prakriti and attributes its qualities to itself, and thus it...
View ArticleSrimad Bhagavatam says that the world is a mirage
श्रीमद्भागवतपुराणम्/स्कन्धः १०/उत्तरार्धः/अध्यायः ७३ https://sa.wikisource.org/s/v45 मृगतृष्णां यथा बाला मन्यन्त उदकाशयम् । एवं वैकारिकीं मायां अयुक्ता वस्तु चक्षते ॥ ११ ॥ Just as a mirage is thought...
View ArticleThe Advaitic meaning of ‘Aham Brahmasmi’ alone is correct – Skandapurana
In this chapter it is clearly stated the kind of realization those who have acquired the direct knowledge, aparoksha jnanam, will have: स्कन्दपुराणम्/खण्डः १ (माहेश्वरखण्डः)/केदारखण्डः/अध्यायः ३१...
View ArticleBheda, Difference is not real, Jiva is Jnanavarupa, Pure Consciousness –...
The Skandapurana makes it clear that the major tenets of the Upanishads, namely, Jiva is verily Brahman and the variegated world is not real is the ultimate truth: स्कन्दपुराणम्/खण्डः १...
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