Thursday, February 28, 2008

SVS13

8 OM BHOOTHATMANE NAMA:
Atma of everything.
Our body has an atman inside and atman only activates and controls the body. When we call someone by that person's name, does the name represent the atman or body? Just like our body has atman, He resides in all animate and inanimate objects -chetanam and achetanam. Chetanam means possessing knowledge and not has life in it. Achetanam means without any intellect. Our body is achetanam. Atman is chetanam. By this name, the Lord is considered as the atman in all living and non-living things in the Universe. In the siddhantha of Swami Ramanuja, all the three types of sayings in vedas -bheda, abheda and ghataka - are accepted. In bheda words in vedas, universe and the Lord are separate. In abheda words they are said to be one or same. Ghataka words, relate God and the world just like soul and body. Bhootatma means controller of all. Everyone acts according to his karma decided by the Lord. For this reason, He is also called shasta or controller from inside.

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