Dear All,
Let us try and learn more on THE GOD as ANANTAM,
in this post.
The famous sutra in Brahma Sutra is
Janmadyasyayatah
(tat Brahmah)
(Brahman is that from
which Creation (shristi) etc. (as also Sthiti and Laya) takes place)
Brahman is Utpathi shristi, sthiti, laya
karanam.
But being the cause of Creation etc. is not
intrinsic to the nature of Brahman.
However, these help us to distinguish
Brahman from Jagat or jiva.
So this statement indicates the one
indivisible Brahman. Every object in the manifested universe is an entity
limited by it identity.
Identity is a product of space and time. But
each of these objects is also vested with the infinite possibilities associated
with them. When identified with its current being an object is a finite
thing. When identified with its infinite possibilities it is infinite.
Actually, existence-consciousness means
consciousness, which is – or existence, which is aware of its existence. In
that state, which is called Brahman-knowledge or Brahman-experience, there is
simultaneous experience of all things.
Here, in this world, whatever freedom you may
have is limited by the existence of other things in this world. Your freedom is
limited by the freedom of another person and, therefore, your freedom is
limited to that extent. You cannot have unlimited freedom in this world. But
That (Brahman) is unlimited freedom. It is unlimited because anantam
brahma: "Infinite is Brahman."
Brahman is sathyam which has been
understood by knowing that brahman is the primal cause and is not an
effect of any other cause.
Such a sathyam, the consciousness which is the
substratum of the created world is also to be understood as anantham because,
being the cvause of the whole creation and created and with nothing as cause
for creation of Brahman, Brahman remains even after the creation and created
dissolves during involution.
Thus, unborn and eternal, consciousness
is infinite .
It should not be misunderstood or misconstrued
that these three attributes- sathyam, jnanam and anantham are different from
the seeker/ knower.
ANANTAM- SUMMARY POINTS
· Satyam
word is used but the limitation created by the word Satyam will be neutralized
by Anantam. Likewise the limitation created by the word Jnanam
will be neutralised by Satyam and by Anantam.
· Though the objects keep changing with time, space and substance, the illumined
knowledge with which the objects are pursued and perceived in all the states of
consciousness, remains absolute
· Brahman-experience,
there is simultaneous experience of all things. There is all-existence, a
simultaneous knowledge of all things – omniscience, a simultaneous enjoyment of
all things, and perfect freedom. It is perfect freedom because there is nothing
to obstruct your freedom in that state. Thus, brahman experience is
perfect freedom, which is infinite (Anantam)
· Sathyam
- truth may be misconstrued as inert/Jada. (All objects created by human, will
have a cause which is inert. Ex. A pot created by mud where mud is inert.)
· Only
the creator Purusha or Brahman and Prakriti are eternal truth and also not
inert., because, Sathyam is elaborated as consciousness, i.e., the
intelligent cause for creation, but it remains as a cause which is unborn
or caused by any other cause.
· To
further clarify that the consciousness or Jnanam is a thing which will never
come to an end, it is further explained as eternal truth, eternal
consciousness, which is ETERNAL and INFINITE- ANANTAM.
· A
thing, which causes the termination of idea of the other thing, forms the limit
of the other thing.
Love.
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