"....'transmission" from a Teacher thru mere words in a book"

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Fri, 09 Mar 2001 16:34:37 -0000

JB789

What's that ?

 

Also, do you know whether there is such a thing as 'transmission'

from a teacher thru mere words, in a book ?

jb.

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Here is a good answer to the above question taken from the Self Knowledge

List.

 

As the mind becomes purified, there emerges the possibility of "hearing"

(sravana) and abiding (Niddidyasana / Mahamudra) in the Truth - the

Singularity of the Self in the Heart (Hrdayam), such that words tat can not

be understood intellectually have the automatic effect of "transmission."

Once the words are "heard" the True Hearer emerges as the pulsation of the

"I" (ongoing transmission outshining the mind) with each reading of non-dual

texts, until one abides singly as That. (This is also my own experience.)

See below from a talk by Swami Vivekananda.

 

"Vivekananda Centre" <vivekananda

Prophets....

 

Continuing with the talk by Swami Vivekananda

 

The Indian atmosphere is full of stories of saintly persons having

visions of God. Such doctrines form the basis of their religion; and

all these ancient books and scriptures are the writings of persons

who came into direct contact with spiritual facts. These books are

not written for the intellect, nor can any reasoning understand them,

because they were written by men who saw the things of which they

wrote, and they can be understood only by men who have raised

themselves to the same height. They say there is such a thing as

realization even in this life, and it is open to everyone, and

religion begins with the opening of this faculty, if I may call it so.

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