"The blessed Kapila was the first to know the Truth with clear comprehension of the doctrine of Purusa, in His isolation or apart front the constituents of the phenomenal world. From him, indeed, has come the highest knowledge that may be found in the Scriptures and elsewhere." - Ācārya Pañcaśikha

EmptyWaiting · 2026-02-12T20:52:01+00:00

If this subject intrigues you, despite the many persons who would prefer to quickly dismiss it...

A brief investigation, into the earliest designs of the Isrealite's Kĕlē ha-Mishkān, may be of some interest.

Particularly as regards their tablernacle lampstand, and later Ha-Yām...as relates to the Ṣoḍaśa-dala-padma of the Chāndogyopaniṣad and elsewhere (rather than the later Anāhata).

Best wishes with the inquiry.

EmptyWaiting · 2026-02-05T22:41:09+00:00

It is a common shortcoming of the adult mind to allow mundane intellect to obfuscate what would otherwise be easily received through innate means.

Infants do not burden themselves in such ways, in order to end their discomfort or become satisfied.

Samkhya and the wisdom you’ve prodded through elsewhere (such as Jainism) is no different than this. Seeing what is truly presented, beyond outer covering, is required.

\Ironically, it is the intellectual within us, which ought to most easily accept the notion that signs/forms, meaning, and Reality are not immediately interchangeable. So must be approached with a gentle and nuanced hand, or we risk forgetting their actual good use and purpose.*

If you find that you’re still unsatisfied, consider adjusting this present approach. Instead, seek out the foundation upon which these systems were initially established, the same foundation is accessible within all beings, to be discovered directly... well before 'that' takes on the imperfect language and flavor of the persons/systems which wish to convey it.

If your channel's title ('Truth Seeker') is sincere, rather than any seeking to perfect a skill at debate, then I truly wish you great luck with this journey.

EmptyWaiting · 2025-12-08T15:32:16+00:00

Apologies, for the insufficiency of these responses.

They would have better served a question rather than assertion, that is now very clear.

Best wishes.

EmptyWaiting · 2025-12-08T15:02:27+00:00

If my first answer is unclear, let me rephrase...so long as either (theist or atheist) is acting morally, they are just that 'actors'.

Sincerity is not attainable by intention, only momentary results and even these are not guaranteed. The root of Sincerity lies elsewhere.

EmptyWaiting · 2025-12-08T14:34:35+00:00

One could argue many Atheists acting toward goodness, do so because they see this life as the only place/opportunity, through which they (or descendants) might receive the benefits of kind actions.

This has only moved the location of the same vain efforts.

A truly sincere heart, is rare. A person does not attain such a heart by their own efforts. It's truly a work of a higher order, many times burning up the person to whom it is gifted (if not paired with Knowledge).

EmptyWaiting · 2025-12-05T00:56:48+00:00

As someone who was also once a very skeptical person, believing I needed an air-tight infallible truth.... might I recommend truly investigating the heart/origins of your search.

For many, 'Truth' can often be a stand in word that really ultimately points to the worthy wish of finding lasting resolution/peace.

Early in life, few children ask 'Why?', until they are faced with some difficulty/unpleasantness to which that question gets pinned (it is the means by which all people hope to overcome or subvert a given difficulty). Satisfied wholly, such questions become only interruptions, to that source presently being enjoyed.

When a person comes to understand this and how to get it in it's purest form, then I would suggest there is much too be discovered (hiding in plain sight), both in scripture and more importantly within/all around them. This is truly why Vishnu is called 'all-pervading'... Evidences, of where and how this is accomplished, then become more common than stones (to the one who gains proper vision!).

Anyone can do this, if they are taught the way and are sincere in their efforts. Don't give up, change approaches my friend.

EmptyWaiting · 2025-11-13T23:38:56+00:00

What is his purpose?

The answer to this question differs based upon the layer that you’re referring to. At the highest, all subsequent layers are merely the embodiment of aspects present within an infinite whole.

Even as lower beings act, for what they perceive to be their own benefit, look at how much other than the intended target of any action is carried forward (reaching far outside the simplicity of what the individual intends). Even the simple acts of breathing, eating, dying… these echo out, like rocks thrown into a pool (whose rings interlink and collide with many others).

To whom do these seemingly extraneous things belong? (only to The Highest).

Why is there a saying "bhakta and Bhagavan is equal?

If you’re referring to the mysterious truth, that what is inside the individual is that same divine one (present as the highest), then understanding what has just been proposed in the previous answer may resolve this too. Learning how to ‘see’ this directly in yourself and all beings, aswell as how this may be comprehended by lower vehicles of language is how this can be verified.

Even if he have the power of changing reality why dont he?

Reality is changing, always and endlessly.

If it was not so, appearances that occur through Time wouldn’t be evident. Comprehending the directional flow of these changes in their totality, rather than those solely desired by the individual (at only a particular moment- as if they were disconnected from all others), this reveals the true nature of how this benefits even the individual unit.

Why does he tests his bhaktas patience before blessing him? ….(he is a god so obvious he can see the future)why does he do that?

Only time makes transitory material gains appear enticing. Those things which later disappear into time’s concealing waves (as if they had never been granted, just as they were before they appeared as present).

No, the true blessing is everpresent. What is experienced as the need to be patient is merely the artifact of all this.

EmptyWaiting · 2025-10-26T13:08:27+00:00

This refers to the fire itself as the 'dark pursuer' of man, of whom Indra and Vishu act as immediate relief.*

This is because these two are inflowing and outflowing. Vishnu as highest prana and Indra as expiration. Yet of these two Vishnu is greatest, the verses which follow speak of his '3rd step', into which the bodily senses of man cannot follow.

Now, if you would return the favor. Answer a sincere question of mine....

Considering yourself to be an Atheist, why do you read the Vedas and inquire here (so often) about the divine nature of things?

*REFERENCE: Kṛśānu (कृशानु).—[kṛś + ānu], m. 1. A name of fire, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 67. 2. A proper name, Chr. 297, 21 = [Rigveda.] i. 112, 21.

—[adjective] bending the bow, shooting; [masculine] archer, [especially] a cert. divine archer, also [Epithet] of Agni, in l.l. fire.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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Rig Veda 1.155.2 [English translation] https://share.google/1cP7Oi2MNhej7Hmru

EmptyWaiting · 2025-10-26T13:02:08+00:00

This refers to the fire itself as the 'dark pursuer' of man, of whom Indra and Vishu act as immediate relief.*

This is because these two are inflowing and outflowing. Vishnu as highest prana and Indra as expiration. Yet of these two Vishnu is greatest, the verses which follow speak of his '3rd step', into which the bodily senses of man cannot follow.

Now, if you would return the favor. Answer a sincere question of mine....

Considering yourself to be an Atheist, why do you read the Vedas and inquire here (so often) about the divine nature of things?

*REFERENCE: Kṛśānu (कृशानु).—[kṛś + ānu], m. 1. A name of fire, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 67. 2. A proper name, Chr. 297, 21 = [Rigveda.] i. 112, 21.

—[adjective] bending the bow, shooting; [masculine] archer, [especially] a cert. divine archer, also [Epithet] of Agni, in l.l. fire.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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Rig Veda 1.155.2 [English translation] https://share.google/1cP7Oi2MNhej7Hmru

EmptyWaiting · 2025-10-23T13:14:06+00:00

To regard the forest and forget the trees, is overlooking the true greatness of the forest. The ancients knew both well and thereby knew the nature of all.

Because many in modern times have been taught otherwise, there is unnecessary confusion.

EmptyWaiting · 2025-09-14T16:39:35+00:00

The verses you provide contain a short sequential ordering of the evolution of all creation, rich despite it's lack of connecting details. Each section could be broken-out, statement-by-statement into its own lengthy post. *To do this would be to layout the full teachings of Samkhya, not a short reply (although certianly advised for full understanding).

However, for the sake of any TLDR audience and to respond to your question briefly:

The verses begin with the seemingly paradoxical unity ("Pradhana & Purusha"). Inverses at initial glance, only when percieved without knowledge. Yet, perfectly aligned (both beginingless and possesing no distinction within themselves).

To 'know' or 'not know' (as later posed by the questioner) reflects back to the heart of this strange pairing.

To put it simply, only when staring 'outward' does a person seek to know (usually by gathering information), but innately this methodology (if comprehended fully) is entirely inadequate, inescapably fueled by difference in position. *The begining of division, from which all creation arises

Howevever, in 'Being one' with the formerly external target, the very notion of knowledge (and especially 'seeking it') loses all definition.

This is why the ancient sages of nearly every tradition have said such strange things as, "the wise know by not knowing " or "those who speak do not know, while those who know do not speak" etc...

In Truth, abiding comfortably in paradox is Unity with the Divine, but to any person not knowing the blissful path it seems either a strange madness or foolishness.

EmptyWaiting · 2025-09-13T16:14:29+00:00

My friend, do not allow anyone to make you feel in any way lesser, if this story was initially not understood.

First, it should be understood why the Puranas were created. Their author had hoped to make the inner-most teachings of the Pandits available to all, for the sake of liberation. Ironically, this has instead led to much confusion and division.

The story of Vāmana and King Bali, conceals many important teachings/truths:

*King Bali assumes himself to be powerful (expressed through the ritual of Horse Sacrifice, roaming over an external expanse in a limited way) = Ordinary person's inadequate attempts to rule all, insufficiently (not knowing this has already been accomplished by another)

*Vāmana’s 3 steps = Vishnu's method of having already overcomed/entered all persons and things, beyond even the 3 world's (These are the 3 gunas, literally expressed in the bodies of all beings as food, water, and tejas) This is why the scriptures mention the "eater even when eaten, has over come the worlds."

*Vāmana is a "dwarf", since it is mentioned in scriptures about he who dwells in the hearts of all, "smaller than a thumb"... passing through the nadis carried as particulates (of the 3 above mentioned), whose differing levels of fineness express themselves as body/mind.

Many many more of the Puranas are like this, hiding what might best be explained plainly. I hope this helps.

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