Re: Right to live - Restricted only to blessed?
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
from post 1,
What is the difference between the soul/atma/life residing (although temporarily) in Human being and non Human being?
This struck me in a funny way ( not suggesting humorous) – it just resonated in my head as being obtuse (only to me) – that is, I do not think in this manner.
It is not this ātman exists in the body ( in the city of eight¹) ; it is, we reside in it.
This is the profound insight of the 12th verse , 7th chapter of the bhāgavadgītā where kṛṣṇaḥ -jī informs us,
I am not in them ( natvahaṁ teṣu) they are in me (te mayi) ||
Within trika śāstra or non-dual kaśmir śaivism this notion of the bhāgavad gītā is represented by the term sarvasarvātmakam̐ - everything and all (sarvasarva note ‘sarva’ repeated twice), or wholly and completely is ātmaka (ātmaka is defined as ‘consisting of the nature’) = paramaśivaḥ
इतिशिवं
iti śivaṁ
1. the city of 8 :
- It is this tanmātragocaraḥ or the field of the tanmātra-s ( made up of 5) + 3 more i.e. buddhi, ahaṁkāra , and manas which = 8 , or puryaṣṭaka, the 8 parts/components. This city of 8 is part of the human condition, that becomes conditioned.
- Relating this city of 8 to the bhāgavad gītā verse, it is = to the 3 guna-s.
यतस्त्वं शिवसमोऽसि
yatastvaṁ śivasamo'si
because you are identical with śiva
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