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Sound as the Beginning—and End—of Vedic Metaphysics: A Modern Recapitulation offered by Sundar Sarukkai

The Veda calls itself the breath of the Veda-Puruṣa, creation a continuum of sound—yet the Upaniṣad says, “from which words turn back with the mind.”

Is this a contradiction?

This essay moves from Sundar Sarukkai’s modern restatement to the Gītā, Taittirīya Śikṣā and Ānanda Valli, and the Viṣṇu Sūkta, showing how Advaita reads the end as silent awareness and Viśiṣṭādvaita as eternal praise in Vaikuṇṭha.

தொல்லை இன்பம் (“thollai inbam”): an oxymoron for Krishna Bhakthi that Peria-Azhwar knew only too well!

Here is a “paasuram” from Peria-Azhwar’s “tirumozhi” that I consider is an utterly enchanting still-portrait of Krishna Leela theme expounded in the Srimadh Bhaagavatham. You must read it with the portrait of Bala Krishnan above etched in your imagination. வெண்ணெய்விழுங்கிவெறுங்கலத்தைவெற்பிடையிட்டு அதனோசைகேட்கும்கண்ணபிரான்கற்றகல்விதன்னைக்காக்ககில்லோம் உன்மகனைக்காவாய் *புண்ணில்புளிப்பெய்தாலொக்கும்தீமைபுரைபுரையால்இவைசெய்யவல்லஅண்ணற்கண்ணானர்மகனைப்பெற்றஅசோதைநங்காய்! உன்மகனைக்கூவாய் —- யெரியாழ்வார் 2.9 “Your little boy ate up all the butterContinue reading “தொல்லை இன்பம் (“thollai inbam”): an oxymoron for Krishna Bhakthi that Peria-Azhwar knew only too well!”