Prasthanatrayi Swaminarayan Bhashyam (Study)
by Sadhu Gyanananddas | 2021 | 123,778 words
This page relates ‘Divyabhava (Divinity)� of the study on the Prasthanatrayi Swaminarayan Bhashyam in Light of Swaminarayan Vachanamrut (Vacanamrita). His 18th-century teachings belong to Vedanta philosophy and were compiled as the Vacanamrita, revolving around the five ontological entities of Jiva, Ishvara, Maya, Aksharabrahman, and Parabrahman. Roughly 200 years later, Bhadreshdas composed a commentary (Bhasya) correlating the principles of Vachanamrut.
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12.8. Divyabhāva (Divinity)
All the actions of and His are divine and pure. When Parabrahman incarnates on earth, he does some actions which are seen as doubtful, but these all incidents are generated through his master plan. However, we may understand or not; these are all correct and divine. Besides this, these actions and incidents are for our liberation.[1]
峾ⲹṇa explains:
“However, when Parabrahman , who transcends both the perishable and the imperishable, assumes a human form� His actions are just like those of all humans� but they are all for the liberation of the ī. So, a true devotee sings the divine actions of Parabrahman and attains the highest elevated state of enlightenment, whereas a non-believer perceives faults in them.� (Vac. 1/72, p.177)
Bhadreśadāsa confirms by saying that:
貹徱ⲹ屹Բٲٲⲹṣa貹ٳԳپ첹ñ (ūٰ 1/1/1, p.3)
“A seeker wants only the manifest form of Parabrahman with profound divinity towards Him.�
The substances that are basically insentient cannot impure Parabrahman; instead, Parabrahman overlaps them with his eternal divinity.
He says further
�svakīyadivyabhāvena tāneva lepayatītyartha�� (ūٰ 3/2/14, p.294).
In this manner, 徱ⲹ屹 is the most prominent endeavor in the 峾ⲹṇa School. Conversely, Գṣy屹, to perceive faults in Parabrahman or the Guru, is the worst drawback in a devotee’s life.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Satsangadiksha 131