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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 which
resembles Buddhist notions. 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 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
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wrote:
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
