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dosha?: was: brahman's pervasiveness in ugly matter

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Bill Rogers—Giveawayboy • September 16, 2002 


--- In bhakti-list@y..., Bhashyam Raghunandan  wrote:
> Dear Sri Ramkumar,
> I think for the Brahman, there is no distinction
> between the goog and ugly matter.  Sriman Narayana is
> should be certainly present in all substances.  Why
> ugly matter, he should be present in those animals
> which live on this ugly matter.  He should be present
> in those krimis in the ugly matter itself.  According
> to our philosophy there is no substance which is not a
> shareera of the Brahman.  
> "Akila-heya-pratyaneekan" does not mean that he is not
> present in ugly matter, but it means that he posses no
> bad qualities.  He is also called as "Apahathapapma"
> which means that while he is all pervading, no dosha
> of a specific substance will affect him in any way.
> Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan.
> Raghunandan

Thanks for this post. Can you explain to me what exactly is meant 
by 'dosha'? Thank you very much. Bill




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