Friday, April 20, 2012

Soundarya Lahari - Part 81

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Our Acharya does not just gloss over such statements. Just because they talk about MAyA he does not overlook their mention. In his bhAshya he emphatically says: ‘shakti-yuktA parA devatA’. Since he himself has defined  MAyA as anirvacanIya (that which is inexpressible or unexplainable), he is not afraid of questions like: ‘Where did the Shakti come from’. 

In the matter of  Brahman one cannot ask questions like ‘How is it possible?’ in the same manner as one would ask when being presented with material matter and worldly concepts. The profound and majestic truths about Brahman cannot be learnt by logical quibbling, but only by what the Vedas have declared. (Brahma-sUtra-bhAshya:  II - 1 - 31).

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