So, since Krishna is the Absolute, he is in fact 'indescribably different', (Acyenta Bheda Bheda). At first this seems to be non-sensical, but if you think about it, it makes more sense, and if you remember what MMY said in CBG 1-6.
According to MMY, Lord Krishna is the 'Transcendental Person', mentioned in Bhagavad Gita. That means that He is beyond, or transcendental to, phenomenon - the relative world of change. Many of the Vedantists who composed the Vedic literature were dualists or qualified-dualists, and others were mixed dualists and some were qualified-dualists. While all the Upanishadic thinkers were transcendentalists, not all of them ascribed to the Advaita philosophy, non-dualism. In fact, there is good reason to doubt the Advaita of the Adi Shankaracharya. Because many of these good fellows (sadhus) do not ascribe to the illusion theory, 'maya' proposed by the Adi. According to Sri Aurobindo, this Transcendental Person is not false - He is real, not an illusion. Isha Upanishad: "The face of Truth is covered with a brilliant golden lid; that do thou remove O'Fosterer, for the law of the Truth, for sight." - Isha v 2 The term 'Isha' refers to Ishvara, the cosmic person, Paramatman or Brahman. Ishvara is the supreme controller. Sri Aurobindo wrote that the Ultimate Reality is two fulls - 200% of each. One who knows nescience side-by-side with the transcendent, can pass beyond repeated birth and death, and can enjoy the full blessings of immortality. Work cited: 'Isha Upanishad' Translation by Sri Aurobindo Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust Pondicherry, India 1914 Notes: nescience adjective from Latin nescient, present participle of nescire not to know, from ne- not + scire to know — more at no, science. 1. lack of knowledge or awareness 2. ignorance Synonyms benightedness, cluelessness, incognizance, innocence, ignorance, obliviousness, unawareness, unfamiliarity Examples: "The appalling nescience of today's high schoolers concerning international affairs." http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nescience ------------------------------------ To subscribe, send a message to: [email protected] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/
