Dear Members, The charama sloka, Bh.G 18.66 is cited as a key sloka in Sri Vaishnava philosophy. I had a chance to browse simultaneously through the commentaries of Sri Ramanuja, Sankara and Abhinavagupta. All three seem to concur that "a sense of agency" should be given up while performing the actions. I have a question, which I have not able to resolve. I hope some learned members can throw some light on this. If the Lord says that we must give up a sense of agency, could it mean that the lord is all powerful and that the jIva has no power to act on it's volition and that it's sense of agency is actually a false notion? Related to the above question, how powerful is the jIva compared to the brahman? Can the jIva act on it's own volition or is it completely powerless and depends on the lord for all it's actions? Regards, Jagannathan --------------------------------- Jiyo cricket on Yahoo! India cricket Yahoo! Messenger Mobile Stay in touch with your buddies all the time. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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