An Analysis of the Brahma Sutra - 8.6 - Swami Krishnananda.
=================================================================================== Friday 13, September 2024, 05:30. Chapter - 8: Upasana – Upanishadic Meditations-6. ================================================================================== Samipya means nearness to God; you are living just by the side of the Ruler of the country; you will feel some elation – the King's Palace is just here and I am here. Though you have nothing to do with that Palace, you will gain nothing by the nearness, but the mind will say 'I am so near the Palace of the King; He is here only!' Thus, nearness to God also is a stage in liberation. This is samipya, closeness. Still greater freedom is sarupya, assuming the same form of God; you become an ambassador of God. God has given you the powers which He wields. The ambassador has practically all the powers of the kingdom which he represents; he can speak for the whole country of which he is the ambassador. The Vaishnava scriptures say sa