Guest guest Posted May 14, 2001 Report Share Posted May 14, 2001 9. What is the benefit derived by the sage from the sacred books (Srutis)? The sage who is the embodiment of the truths mentioned in the scriptures has no use for them. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Spiritual Instruction , Maharshi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 14, 2001 Report Share Posted May 14, 2001 >9. What is the benefit derived by the sage from the sacred books (Srutis)? > >The sage who is the embodiment of the truths mentioned in the scriptures >has no use for them. > > -Spiritual Instruction , Maharshi When the whole country is flooded, the reservoir becomes superfluous. So, to the illumined seer, the Vedas are all superfluous. - _Bhagavad-Gita_, tr. Prabhavananda and Isherwood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 14, 2001 Report Share Posted May 14, 2001 On Mon, 14 May 2001 15:43:47 -0700 Dharma <deva writes: > >9. What is the benefit derived by the sage from the sacred books > (Srutis)? > > > >The sage who is the embodiment of the truths mentioned in the > scriptures > >has no use for them. > > > > -Spiritual Instruction , Maharshi > > > When the whole country is flooded, the reservoir becomes > superfluous. So, > to the illumined seer, the Vedas are all superfluous. > > - _Bhagavad-Gita_, tr. Prabhavananda and Isherwood. > Exactly so -- and also the Upanishads and the Gita itself! One must admire a work that forthrightly states the limits of its own utility -- it reminds me of "Mission Impossible": "This scripture will self- destruct upon direct realization of that to which it points!" http://come.to/realization http://www.atman.net/realization http://www.users.uniserve.com/~samuel/brucemrg.htm http://www.users.uniserve.com/~samuel/brucsong.htm ______________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 14, 2001 Report Share Posted May 14, 2001 Bruce Morgen wrote: > > On Mon, 14 May 2001 15:43:47 -0700 Dharma <deva writes: > > >9. What is the benefit derived by the sage from the sacred books > > (Srutis)? > > > > > >The sage who is the embodiment of the truths mentioned in the > > scriptures > > >has no use for them. > > > > > > -Spiritual Instruction , Maharshi > > > > > > When the whole country is flooded, the reservoir becomes > > superfluous. So, > > to the illumined seer, the Vedas are all superfluous. > > > > - _Bhagavad-Gita_, tr. Prabhavananda and Isherwood. > > > Exactly so -- and also the > Upanishads and the Gita > itself! One must admire a > work that forthrightly > states the limits of its > own utility -- it reminds > me of "Mission Impossible": > "This scripture will self- > destruct upon direct > realization of that to > which it points!" > That's why its called Vedanta. andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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