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**DadaSeeva** · 09-14-2011, 11:37 AM

This is a follow up to Sri Govind's post no 14. Very nice writing btw of Toru Dutt's.

I'm just thinking aloud here. So i may be wrong. If everything is Brahman, then its not just the best of all forms and the best of all essence, but even the worst of all forms is Brahman surely? If he is ALL then it can't just be the good. Its got to be the good, the bad and the ugly no?

Amala, there is no question for which the Vedantins don't have a canned answer, many of them quite good too.

Advaitam will probably answer that all this good/bad/ugly is maya, unreal, or whatever.

VA says this, what appears good/bad/ugly is due to our poorva-janma karma. For Brahmna, i.e. Srman Naraynana, who is never bound by karma, everything is anukoolam.

Cheers!

09-14-2011, 11:37 AM	#25
DadaSeeva Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 436 Senior Member	This is a follow up to Sri Govind's post no 14. Very nice writing btw of Toru Dutt's. I'm just thinking aloud here. So i may be wrong. If everything is Brahman, then its not just the best of all forms and the best of all essence, but even the worst of all forms is Brahman surely? If he is ALL then it can't just be the good. Its got to be the good, the bad and the ugly no? Amala, there is no question for which the Vedantins don't have a canned answer, many of them quite good too. Advaitam will probably answer that all this good/bad/ugly is maya, unreal, or whatever. VA says this, what appears good/bad/ugly is due to our poorva-janma karma. For Brahmna, i.e. Srman Naraynana, who is never bound by karma, everything is anukoolam. Cheers!
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