Thinking, feeling and willing (Books)
Expressions researched:
"thinking feeling and willing"
|"think feel and will"
|"thinks feels and wills"
Bhagavad-gita As It Is
BG Chapters 13 - 18
In jñāna-maya, realization extends beyond the living symptoms to the point of thinking, feeling and willing.
BG 13.5, Purport: As stated before, kṣetra is the field of activities, and there are two kinds of kṣetra-jña: the individual living entity and the supreme living entity. As stated in the Taittirīya Upaniṣad (2.9), brahma pucchaṁ pratiṣṭhā. There is a manifestation of the Supreme Lord's energy known as anna-maya, dependence upon food for existence. This is a materialistic realization of the Supreme. Then, in prāṇa-maya, after realizing the Supreme Absolute Truth in food, one can realize the Absolute Truth in the living symptoms or life forms. In jñāna-maya, realization extends beyond the living symptoms to the point of thinking, feeling and willing. Then there is Brahman realization, called vijñāna-maya, in which the living entity's mind and life symptoms are distinguished from the living entity himself. The next and supreme stage is ānanda-maya, realization of the all-blissful nature. Thus there are five stages of Brahman realization, which are called brahma puccham. Out of these, the first three—anna-maya, prāṇa-maya and jñāna-maya—involve the fields of activities of the living entities. Transcendental to all these fields of activities is the Supreme Lord, who is called ānanda-maya.
Page Title: | Thinking, feeling and willing (Books) |
Compiler: | Visnu Murti, Alakananda |
Created: | 17 of Dec, 2008 |
Totals by Section: | BG=2, SB=24, CC=3, OB=9, Lec=0, Con=0, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 38 |