SOAs

Question 1

SOAs for Saguna Brahman

Answer 1

Upanishad:
- ‘one without a second’

Vishnu Purana:
- ‘possesses without limit the 6 types of opulence’

Question 2

SOA for Antaryami

Answer 2

Bhagavad Gita: ‘situated in everyone’s heart’

Question 3

SOA for the Atman

Answer 3

Bhagavad Gita:
‘Never was there a time when I did not exist (..) nor in the future shall any of us cease to be’

Question 4

SOA for reincarnation

Answer 4

Bhagavad Gita:
‘Sure is the birth of all that dies (..) thou hast no cause to grieve’

Question 5

SOAs for the Yugas

Answer 5

Kali Yuga in the Mahabharata-> Sanskrit poem about 2 rival families
- references to Kali Yuga found in it

Bhagavad Puranas
- ‘there are innumerable multiverses besides this one’
- many worlds and diverse inhabitants

Question 6

SOA for the Gunas

Answer 6

Bhagavad Gita:
‘From the mode of passion, greed develops’
-> those who conquer the Gunas get to abide in eternal happiness (moksha)