tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105984.post112868244631192042..comments2023-04-19T08:50:51.636+05:30Comments on anything *wise* under the sun: Silence and advaitaAdvaitavedantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04945896897761577866noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105984.post-1131347446402227292005-11-07T12:40:00.000+05:302005-11-07T12:40:00.000+05:30Hey Sudhakar, thanks for that bunch of extracts fr...Hey Sudhakar, thanks for that bunch of extracts from respected people in the tradition and otherwise.Advaitavedantihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04945896897761577866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105984.post-1130609630458925722005-10-29T23:43:00.000+05:302005-10-29T23:43:00.000+05:30Commenting on some of Sri Ramakrishna's words: 'Wh...Commenting on some of Sri Ramakrishna's words: 'What Sri Ramakrishna meant was God was passing the thoughts of the supreme Brahman into the brains of ours which are like the eye of the needle." <BR/><BR/>- Swami Adbhutananda/Latu Maharaj (About whom, Swami Vivekananda once said, "the greatest miracle of Sri Ramakrishna")<BR/><BR/><BR/>Q: How can the realisation "I am that Supreme Being" be termed Bhakthi?<BR/>A: An ideal devotee being unable to bear even small separation desires "I must merge with my Lord". Sri Krishna has said that He regards a jnani as the greatest devotee.<BR/><BR/>- Sri Abhinava Vidyatheertha of Sringeri.<BR/><BR/><BR/>A jnani has neither craving for nor the need to remain in samadhi. Be it samadhi or distraction, they are mental states. He is beyond all these. Considering the depth of a jnani's experience of samadhi, it is said that one jnani is superior to another. This is with regard to an observer. But as far as the jnani-s are considered, there is no such differentiation at all.<BR/><BR/>- Sri Abhinava vidyatheertha of Sringeri.<BR/><BR/><BR/>It is truth that frees, not your effort to be free. <BR/><BR/>- Sri Jiddu Krishnamurti<BR/><BR/><BR/>Q: Can the Atman be an object of knowledge?<BR/>A: An object is something that cannot be known without the help of something else, but the Atman is self-revealing. So you cannot say the Atman is an object of knowledge.<BR/><BR/>- Swami Adbhutananda<BR/><BR/><BR/>Oh expansive one, religion and atheism, happiness and misery -- all are of the mind, they are not for you. You are not the doer nor the enjoyer. You have always been liberated.<BR/><BR/>- Sage Ashtavakra<BR/><BR/>Q: What is creation?<BR/>A: Perception alone is creation. There is no creation other than perception. Perception of a thing is its origin.<BR/>Q: What about Isvara?<BR/>A: He too is part of your dream. In reality there is neither cause nor effect. One has bondage as long as one considers that one has bondage. He who feels that he is free is indeed free.<BR/>Q: Is the removal of the wrong idea that one has bondage the means to attain moksha?<BR/>A: Yes. So far, I was speaking with the drsti-srsti-vada in mind. This, however, is not suitable for many people because their minds are not pure enough to imbibe it......That is why the sastra-s do not speak much of the drst-srsti-vada.<BR/><BR/>- Sri Abhinava Vidyatheertha of Sringeri.<BR/><BR/>Om poornamadah poornamidam Poornaat poornamudachyate<BR/>Poornasya poornamaadaya Poornamevaavashishyate<BR/><BR/>That (pure consciousness) is full (perfect); this (the manifest universe of matter; of names and forms being maya) is full. This fullness has been projected from that fullness. When this fullness merges in that fullness, all that remains is fullness.<BR/><BR/>- Isa UpanishadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105984.post-1128942153884917362005-10-10T16:32:00.000+05:302005-10-10T16:32:00.000+05:30Thanks, Rags. Its the state that a guru accords to...Thanks, Rags. Its the state that a guru accords to the sAdhaka. dakshiNAmUrti, ramaNa gave the glimpse of that silent self to many a devotees, the silence where the meaning of all questions drop-off!Advaitavedantihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04945896897761577866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105984.post-1128683048249209042005-10-07T16:34:00.000+05:302005-10-07T16:34:00.000+05:30gurOstu maunavyAkyAnam ShiSyAstu chinna samShayAhn...gurOstu maunavyAkyAnam ShiSyAstu chinna samShayAh<BR/><BR/>nidhaye sarvavidyAnAm Sri dakShiNAmUrthayE namaHraghavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02220458872049196212noreply@blogger.com