What is a jiva Sanskrit terms such as: jiva-srsti, creation and birth of the jiva; and jiva-gatham, the formation of the jiva; etc., are used in a mundane sense. Material word meanings evoke mundane feelings and impressions. Material time, within this illusory energy field, has three conditions -- past, present and future. Time in the spiritual world has a singular aspect; it is always in the present, whereas past and future are absent. The jiva and the Supreme Lord, Sri Krsna, exist in that spiritual time. Hence, the jiva is eternal and indestructible and his dharma, krsna-prema, is also always eternally present. The mundane conditions of birth, growth, decay, etc., as brought about by the influence of material time have been applied to jiva only since his incarceration in this material world, but the eternal rupa, form, and dharma, of the jiva have already been determined before his entrance into this material energy. The minute size of the jiva does not in any way divest him of the indestructible, transcendental nature that is his intrinsic, eternal dharma. Whatever exists in the spiritual world ever remains the same because the divisions of past and future are absent. >>> Ref. VedaBase => JDH 2: The Nitya-dharma of the Living Entity Is Pure and Everlasting
Posted on: Tue, 06 May 2014 09:19:57 +0000
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