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RE: Free-will vs Pre-determination- poser-4

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Sriram Ranganathan • August 8, 2002 


Smt JS wrote:

"In any case, the doer, the one who makes the act of
doing is the lord. Freewill is only  a _mayakkam_ (
The issue of doership has been discussed in poser-3)" ...

"....In any case it comes out to be god_s problem _ HIS
will -HIS writ and hardly the individual_s will."

Smt JS / Members,

We ascribe "everything" to perumAl to eschew our ego and in acceptance of
the fact that we jIvAs are sesas or servants to the Sesi - the Supreme God
and nothing is possible without Him. This should not be confused with who is
responsible for jIvA's actions.

 "Doer" does NOT refer to who facilitates or does an act but who really
intends to perform an act. Having said that, the full responsibility for our
actions squarely falls on us -the jIvAs, and not paramAtmA. The kartA is the
jIvA because it is the jIvA that intends to perform an action.

 A jIvA's intention to do something right or wrong is not governed by
BhagavAn's pre-determination. Though PerumAl is antaryAmin  - the Ultimate
Supreme Controller - we should be very clear here in how and what we ascribe
to God and who bears the moral responsibility. The Lord facilitates a jIvA's
actions by providing the necessary knowledge. However, the individual /jIvA
is responsible for what is done with that knowledge regardless of karmic
limitations.

Sri VisistAdvaita is very clear in that, no matter what the karmic influence
is - postive or negative - an individual / jIvA has enough capacity -
freewill - to overcome such influences and still do the right thing.

 adiyEn,
Sriram



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