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  1. The Crimson Universe

    What's the point in striving for moksha?

    I touched on this topic in another thread here but didn't get much response, so i thought it deserves a thread of its own. :) Whatever we see around us (manifestation and everything) is nothing but Brahman's play/leela. This is told in a few texts. This leela or creation/manifestation is...
  2. The Crimson Universe

    How are jivas or subtle bodies created as per Advaita?

    As per advaita, jivas are nothing but sookskhma sharira. But i need to know how are jivas created. Advaita believes that the jiva (which is sookshma sharira) stops exisiting upon videha mukti. So if there's an end for the jivas, there must be a beginning for the jivas as well. Are jivas...
  3. SalixIncendium

    The Actor (Advaita Vedanta/Nondualism Only)

    It is understood that the Atman is the witness, that which is aware. It does not make sense to me that the Atman can be the actor as well as the witness. In your opinion and/or interpretation of scripture, who is it that is the actor, the one that makes decisions? Is it the jiva? Jivatman...
  4. The Crimson Universe

    Is Jiva the same thing according to Ramanuja and Shankara?

    While i was going through the sample pages of Ramanuja's gita bhasya, i came across his commentary (of ch.12 v3) - Here's the link. Check the sample pages there. Page 173. Last paragraph. A Condensed Rendering of Sri Ramanuja's Gita Bhashya Why would Ramanuja say in his commentaries that...
  5. The Crimson Universe

    Does Atman travels after death in advaita vedanta?

    Shankara in one of his verses gives the definition of jiva - "When the omnipresent Atman is limited or embodied by the mind,ego of subtle body, it is called jiva". {{Embodied Atman = jiva}}. I found this verse in a free ebook online and i think it was probably taken from his Brahma Sutra text...
  6. Red_Drag0n

    Advaita : Did Brahman split into multiple souls?

    Hey guys, i'm having some difficulty understanding a few things while going through the sixth chapter of Chandogya Upanishad, where Sage Aruni AKA Uddalaka was teaching his son Swetaketu about Brahman. Below i'm quoting the first few verses from chapter six, where Brahman willed to become many...
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