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An Analysis of the Brahma Sutra - 12-2: Swami Krishnananda.

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==================================================================================== Thursday 09, October 2025, 19:33.  Chapter 12: Brahman and Its Realisation-2. Swami Krishnananda. =================================================================================== Chapter 12: Brahman and Its Realisation-2: The difficulty arises due to the definition of God, Brahman, given in the Brahma Sutra, at the very beginning. Who is God? It does not say that God is the Supreme Absolute, indistinguishable, indivisible Eternal Being. The definition given is peculiar: – God is He who creates, sustains and dissolves the world. This definition is called 'tentative definition'. There is a distinction between 'essential definition' and 'tentative definition'; Where is the house of Mr. John? If you say 'The house on which a crow is perched, there – that is the house'; May be at that time the crow was perched but it does not mean that the crow will perch always on the hou...