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Iswara - The Lord and Master

  1. What is the essential nature of Iswara?

  2. Why is He called Bhagavan?

  3. What are these six qualities?

  4. We have heard people saying that Iswara is the cause of this world. Please explain.

  5. Are there any other causes for such things?

  6. So far as creation of the world is concerned, what is the relationship of Iswara or Brahman?

  7. What is the difference between creation and evolution of the world?

  8. He is the instrumental cause in the creation, but it is rather hard for one to understand that He is also the material cause. How can Brahman or Iswara Himself change into the world,just as the mud changes into pot or just as the yarn changes into cloth?

  9. So, what do we understand from these examples?

  10. Please explain further about Brahman being the material cause of the world.

  11. What is the position of Jivatma, before and after pralaya?

  12. Are there any other passages in the Upanishads which explain that the Brahman is the material cause?

  13. You say that the Lord - Iswara - is present everywhere. Have our Alwars and Acharyas specifically stated so?

  14. Is this Lord's presence in everything mentioned in theVedas?

  15. What about our Acharyas?

  16. Who exactly is Brahman or Iswara? Is there one single deity, who is supreme?

  17. Where does this last passage, "He is Brahma, He is Siva, He is Indra" occur?

  18. Doesnt this occurs in Maha Narayana Upanishad

  19. You read the passage as "He is Brahma, He is Siva, He is Indra." But some people read it as "He is Brahma, He is Siva, He is Hari, He is Indra."Which is correct?

  20. How do you say that the words "He is Hari" are later interpolation and not correct?

  21. What was the need for this interpolation, at a later stage?

  22. Are these passages in the Vedas also supported by Smritis, Itihasas and Puranas?

  23. In some places in the Vedas, Siva is also called as the supreme deity. How do you explain this contradiction?

  24. Can you give some examples?

  25. So how do you explain the apparent contradiction?

  26. Why can't we take it that the word 'Narayana' (as Paramatma) refers to Siva; instead of saying that the word "Siva" refers to Narayana?

  27. Quote some passages in the Vedas, praising the greatness of Siva.

  28. Why not we say that Brahma, Vishnu and Siva are all equal?

  29. We have got the ancient Tamil works (Sangam literature), which are several thousand years old. What do these mention about the supreme deity?

  30. If Narayana is the supreme deity, why should Rama (His Avatara) worship another deity in Rameswaram, as people say?

  31. Similarly, there are stories that Narayana took the form of a boar (Varaha) and searched the feet of another deity; that Narayana took out his eye and surrendered it to Rudra and got chakra, etc. What do you say about these?

  32. Please tell me something more about Rudra

  33. But Harivamsa says Krishna requested for a child, from Siva. How do you reconcile this?

  34. Does it mean that we cannot give or we should not

  35. We see that God Narayana also takes avataras like Rama and Krishna. Does it mean that He is also born in this world, like us?

  36. Can you quote the authority of the Vedas?

  37. Well, that sounds puzzling.

  38. Then are these avataras real

  39. Why should He take avataras in this world?

  40. What is the purpose of these avataras?

  41. Between the two, namely, protection of the good people and punishing the wicked, which is the more important purpose of the avatara?

  42. When the Lord took avatara in this world, like Rama or Krishna, did He also have bodies like us, ordinary human beings, of flesh and blood?

  43. What are the forms of Bhagavan Narayana?

  44. Please describe in a little more detail the divine and auspicious form, which you mentioned.

  45. Lord Narayana has five kinds of forms. What are these?

  46. Please describe the essential features of each of these forms. What is Para form?

  47. What is the second form, i.e., Vyuha form?

  48. You are saying that because He has the six qualities, He is called Bhagavan and these qualities are not found in others. But we hear many people being called as Bhagavan, like Vyasa Bhagavan and Narada Bhagavan, How do you explain this?

  49. How do you differentiate between the four Vyuhas, Vasudeva, Sankarshana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha?

  50. What is the function of Vasudeva?

  51. What is the function of Sankarshana?

  52. What about Pradyumna?

  53. What is the function of Aniruddha?

  54. Is there any further sub-division of these vyuhas?

  55. What is the significance of these 12 sub-Vyuhas?

  56. Earlier you mentioned about para Vasudeva in the first form of para. Again you mentioned as the first Vyuha Vasudeva. What is the difference between the Para Vasudeva and Vyuha Vasudeva?

  57. What is the third form of the Lord?

  58. How many avataras are there?

  59. What are they?

  60. You have briefly told me about the ten avataras.Where can one get more details?

  61. What are the four yugas

  62. What are the characteristics of the four yugas?

  63. Are these ten avataras only, called Vibhava?

  64. What are the Other avataras then, apart from these?

  65. Are there any further classifications of these avataras?

  66. What are the primary avataras?

  67. What do you mean by secondary avatara?

  68. What are the examples of secondary avataras, where the Lord enters Jivatmas, in His own form?

  69. What are the types of secondary avataras, where the Lord, without entering Jivatmas in His own form, gives them extraordinary powers?

  70. So, how many types of Vibhava avataras are there?

  71. What is the fourth form of the Lord?

  72. What is the fifth form of the Lord?

  73. What are the Divya Desas?

  74. How many Divya Desas are there?

  75. Are there other temples, which are considered equally holy and sacred?

  76. What about the temples in other places, villages or towns, which have not been sung by Alwars?

  77. How many kinds of such temples are there?

  78. What are these?

  79. Is there any difference between these five forms of the Lord, which you have explained. (Para, Vyuha,etc.)?

  80. Who is Niladevi?

  81. Are they also mentioned in the Vedas?

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