Re: Yoga-vasistha
Hari Om
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Originally Posted by
sarabhanga
Namaste Yajvan,
We have been discussing tattva (“thatness”), which is (by definition) an abstraction ~ the condition or faculty of ____.
buddhi tattva is “the faculty of Intellect” ~ i.e. “the ability to form conceptions” or “Intelligence”.
buddhi (mahat) existed even before manifestation, and nArAyaNa was conceived in avyakta before any manifestation of his subsequent creation.
nirguNa brahma is pure avyakta, with buddhi arising together with the very first conception of diversity or multiplicity (i.e. mahat).
I suppose that “Intellect” can not be described as “intelligent” until it has actually conceived something, so brahma alone (before any conception or creation) could not be described as “intelligent” ~ but nirguNa brahma is (by definition) indescribable anyway!
buddhitattva = mahAtattva = “intellect” or “the faculty of intelligence”
namaste sarabhanga,
yes I agree i.e. nirguNa brahma is (by definition) indescribable anyway!
Even my teacher would preamble 15 min with this notion of the indescribable-ness of the unmanliest. He then would say now that we realize this lets talk of a few of these boundless - boundaries such as pure intelligence. He was so cautious to not corner Brahman with an attribute that the sisya would run off and think Brahman is just that ( small 't' used to suggest a definition on some thing that is beyond definition).
thanks for the post.
यतस्त्वं शिवसमोऽसि
yatastvaṁ śivasamo'si
because you are identical with śiva
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