Posted on: 03 Jun 2021
[Ms. Laxmi Thrylokya asked: Pādanamaskāraṃ Swāmi, In the Bhajan 'Śabdamekam Kathaya…', You have used the word 'Vijñāna Vajra'. But You always say that the inherent quality of God is 'Prajñāna'. Is there any specific reason for using the word 'Vijñāna' here? Kindly enlighten us.]
Swāmi replied:- Vijñānam means systematic logic of the analysis of creation and this is the ancient logic as well as the modern science, which deals with the confirmation of true knowledge of items of creation (Tarkyante padārthāḥ asmin iti Tarkaḥ). We need the analysis of imaginable creation also at every stage of the spiritual knowledge, which is the subject of the unimaginable creator or Parabrahman. Since this creation or world is created by God, the subject of the creator (Prajñānam) or spiritual knowledge needs the assistance of the subject of analysis of creation (Vijñānam) everywhere even though Vijñānam is not at all helpful in knowing the direct Prajñānam, which is knowledge of the inherent nature (Svarūpalakṣaṇam) of God. For example, such need can be observed in the following contexts:- 1) When the unimaginable God merges with imaginable medium, God identifies Himself with that medium and the medium becomes one with the God. In this case, God becomes both quantity (a certain quantity of matter or energy with boundaries limited in a specific form) and quality (Divine qualities like Knowledge, Love etc.). Hence, the concept of Osho, which says that God is not a quantity but quality, is wrong. The reason is that unimaginable God is neither quantity nor quality and the mediated God is both quantity and quality! In studying the logical imaginable actions of imaginable mediated God, systematic logic is necessary even though He attains the unimaginable nature in certain aspects like exhibiting miracles. Even in the imaginable qualities like knowledge and love, the unimaginable background exists by which we say that such knowledge and love are excellent and unimaginable! 2) Sometimes, we mistake the imaginable items of creation as unimaginable God even though they are not mediated by unimaginable God. For example, the awareness or soul of an ordinary living being is mistaken as the mediated unimaginable God even though it is simply non-mediated imaginable worldly item. Science helps in understanding the awareness as a specific work form of inert energy modified in the functioning brain-nervous system. With the help of science, we can reject awareness also along with all other imaginable items of creation to be God as mentioned in the Veda (Neti Neti iti…).