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Karma as the Source of Diversity

The vedas acknowledge divine karma as the origin of all creation, preservation, and destruction. However, since God does not have desires, unlike humans, he is not constrained by them. In the first chapter of the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (1.6.1), we discover that karma is one of the three main causes of diversity, alongside name and form. The variety in names is a result of speech, and the variety in forms is a result of the eye, while the mind and body are the sources for the variety in actions. For every action, the body serves as the source, the controller, or the lord.  Within the body, the mind, speech, breath, organs of action, and organs of perception are regarded as the primary deities who receive sustenance from the body and carry out their respective functions. Nevertheless, we cannot solely depend on them to combat the impurities and the malevolent forces that can infiltrate our body, as they are susceptible to evil and demonic influences, thoughts, desires, temptations,...
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BEYOND LANGUAGE




Jesus Christ said that those who try to save their lives will perish, but those who give their lives to me will have eternal life. This statement cannot be classified as a statement. Instead these words are classified as "inconsistent words".

A paradox is a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement that may not be true but may not be true either. A famous TV series called The Liar's Paradox. It's a simple statement: "These words are lies." If this statement is true, then what he said is a complete lie.

The seemingly good difference between paradoxical language and normal language is as follows.

Shankaracharya's in-depth explanation of language lists the places where we can use "language". “If there is something down there, we can use words to understand,” he said.

Category/Type
  1. Quality
  2. Function/Action
  3. Relationships
  4. Conventions
Paradoxical Psychology "reveals mysteries about the 'counter-intuitive' nature of paradoxical interventions". In doing so, the approach represents a continuation of communication as described by John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth.

The great philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, in his book "Tractatus Logic and Philosophy", states the first preposition of this book: "The limit of the world is the limit of words, and the limit of words is the limit of worlds." " He uses these terms to distinguish between the processes of understanding everything inside and outside the material world.

Brahmans do not have these five language restrictions. So Shankaracharya said that Aatma or Brahman cannot be explained by "words".

There are three ways to express doubt:-
Silence: In Vedic schools sometimes the teacher remains silent after asking a question. The students' doubts gradually disappeared, as did the young teacher and the older students.
Not this Not that: "We cannot say Brahman in words" and the first consequence is "so if there is no Brahman there is no" and the next reaction is 'show that' Brahman exists, where it exists the latter does not clarify the meaning because " Brahman has nothing to point to." These contradictory words must be understood with caution.

Accidental Features: The world as a facet is not an essential element of existence. Brahman but the word Brahman is pointed out as the creator of the world. Using the world as we see it points to the end.

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  1. Ganesh YegneshwaranJune 16, 2020 at 6:13 AM

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