Brahma

[Shantanu]

why should I answer

I want to know the basis of your knowledge.

 

[Stormcry]

I want to know the basis of your knowledge.

My knowledge basis is my own experience and scriptures as well.

 

[Shantanu]

My knowledge basis is my own experience and scriptures as well.

So you have never put your knowledge to scientific scrutiny to see far it is true?

 

[Stormcry]

So you have never put your knowledge to scientific scrutiny to see far it is true?

The knowledge is subtle. If you say prove the existence of Atma, it's not possible. It can be experienced only by sharp logical thinking.

 

[Shantanu]

The knowledge is subtle. If you say prove the existence of Atma, it's not possible. It can be experienced only by sharp logical thinking.

Why are you not using the English words for Prakruti and Prarabhda if you are posting in English?

 

[Stormcry]

Why are you not using the English words for Prakruti and Prarabhda if you are posting in English?

Unnecessary ! I think all vedantin know these terns.

 

[Shantanu]

Unnecessary ! I think all vedantin know these terns.

I am a Vedantin who has attained the ultimate knowledge of acintya bhed abheda tattwa and I do not know these terms. So please explain in plain English.

 

[Stormcry]

I am a Vedantin who has attained the ultimate knowledge of acintya bhed abheda tattwa and I do not know these terms. So please explain in plain English.

Prakruti means simply - Maya or world or illusion. And 'Prarabdha' means destiny according to KarmA.

 

[Shantanu]

Prakruti means simply - Maya or world or illusion. And 'Prarabdha' means destiny according to KarmA.

So do you believe that the world is an illusion and your fate was sealed on the basis of your deeds in your previous life?

 

[Stormcry]

So do you believe that the world is an illusion and your fate was sealed on the basis of your deeds in your previous life?

So as to speak, yes. But not in absolute sense.

 

[Shantanu]

So as to speak, yes. But not in absolute sense.

Is the idea that your fate is sealed on the basis of previous lives actions true only in the vyvaharika, that is the visible reality?

 

[Stormcry]

Is the idea that your fate is sealed on the basis of previous lives actions true only in the vyvaharika, that is the visible reality?

It seems visible so is in VyavaharikatA.

 

[Shantanu]

It seems visible so is in VyavaharikatA.

Who or what remembers the actions you did in your previous life or lives and has then punished you or rewarded you for it in this life accordingly?

 

[Stormcry]

Who or what remembers the actions you did in your previous life or lives and has then punished you or rewarded you for it in this life accordingly?

Who or what remembers the actions you did in your previous life or lives and has then punished you or rewarded you for it in this life accordingly?

'I' over I've pride. It's the mind.

 

[Shantanu]

'I' over I've pride. It's the mind.

Whose mind?

 

[Stormcry]

Whose mind?

Brahman's imagined identity - ie Mind.

 

[Shantanu]

Brahman's imagined identity - ie Mind.

So the Mind is telling you that you were born many times before on this Earth?

 

[Stormcry]

So the Mind is telling you that you were born many times before on this Earth?

No, mind is telling me you were not in existence before your birth.

 

[Shantanu]

No, mind is telling me you were not in existence before your birth.

Where did the sperm and egg of your parents that produced you and all the food you ate to make you grow come from if you did not exist before in some other form?

 

[Stormcry]

Where did the sperm and egg of your parents that produced you and all the food you ate to make you grow come from if you did not exist before in some other form?

I'm eternal. Who's objecting