Does the ātmā search for prīti, or love, for Bhagavān?
Proponents of inherent bhakti-vāda (bhakti is inherent in the ātmā) claim that without inherent bhakti, …
Month: November 2022
Translation of Gītā 2.29
Reader Sridhar ji requested a translation of Śrī Baladeva’s commentary on Gītā 2.29. For reference, …
‘Svayam-prakāśatva’ refers to the intrinsic jñāna-śakti of the ātmā
Claim: The quality of the jīva of svayam-prakāśatva, discussed in the Paramātmā Sandarbha, means ‘self-manifestation’. …
Bhagavān’s svarūpa śakti is not the same as the jīva’s svarūpa śakti
Claim: In Prīti Sandarbha Anuchheda 5.2, Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī again supports that the ātmā uses …
The jīva uses the ātmā’s own jñāna śakti, and not Bhagavān’s svarūpa śakti or māyā śakti, to know – Part II
I continue to examine the evidence that some offer to support the claim that the …
The jīva uses the ātmā’s own jñāna śakti, and not Bhagavān’s svarūpa śakti or māyā śakti, to know – part I
Some claim that instead of using the ātmā’s intrinsic jñāna śakti, the ātmā uses māyā’s …
Of swans and jīvas
Some offer an analogy between swans and jīvas. The analogy goes like this:
“Consider a …
Śrī Jīva Goswami’s explanation of the jīva’s knowership and agency in the Sarva-samvādinī
Śrī Jīva Goswami has explained in the Paramātmā Sandarbha that knowership and agency are intrinsic …
Śrī Viśvanātha explains taṭasthā-śakti
One of the joys of studying the writings of Śrī Viśvanātha is the clarity with …
Śrī Jīva Goswami teaches that the pure jīva, i.e. ātmā, is taṭasthā śakti
In the Bhagavat Sandarbha Anuccheda 16.4, Śrī Jīva Goswami discusses how Bhagavān has three distinct …
Śrī Jīva Goswami teaches that the jīvas are taṭasthā-śakti in their svarūpa
Some argue that upon becoming siddha, i.e. getting entry into Goloka, the term taṭasthā is …
It is possible to experience one’s own svarūpa without experiencing Bhagavān or Brahman
Some people claim that it is not possible for the jīva to experience its own …