A very senior and highly distinguished IAS officer (retired) –whose name I shall not disclose here since I respect his privacy — is a good friend of mine for whom I have great respect, knowing as I do his yeoman services rendered to the Goverment of India in his career heydays as a top-bureaucrat. ThisContinue reading “Reality of “bhagavath avataara” eludes even the best minds: No wonder Vedanta says it “avataara rahasya””
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The Metaphysics of “shuddha-sattvam” captured in the smile of a baby: Sri. Peria Azhwar’s experience!
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/aQLx9BfiTqToDyNF/?mibextid=WC7FNehttps://www.facebook.com/share/v/aQLx9BfiTqToDyNF/?mibextid=WC7FNe In Sri Vaishnava metaphysics there is this concept known as “shudda sattvam”… the ethereal absolutely pristine non-mortal substance which is what constitutes both the svarupam and kalyaana guna — I.e. form and nature — of Paramatma and the celestials in Sri Vaikuntam. This shuddasattvam is very difficult to conceive or comprehend by our ordinaryContinue reading “The Metaphysics of “shuddha-sattvam” captured in the smile of a baby: Sri. Peria Azhwar’s experience!”