Guest guest Posted June 28, 2001 Report Share Posted June 28, 2001 Hi Guys (greeting suggested by jb... LOL), Thanks for posting this, Vicki. The word "tamas" has more than a just a few possible translations, a couple of which are given below. Others include "ignorance" and "darkness." The qualities or gunas [as defined in Hinduism] (rajas, tamas, sattva) are not easily translated to English. Other definitions of Sattva include purity, love, harmony, light, grace... it's important to get the "spirit" behind these words rather than attach to specific definitions. Thanks again Vicki for posting this excerpt from "Be As You Are." Namaste, Omkara , Viorica Weissman <viorica@z...> wrote: > > Q: Does a jnani have Sankalpas [desires]? > > A: The main qualities of the ordinary mind are > Tamas [sloth, inertia] and Rajas[passion, > excitement]; hence it is full of egoistic > desires and weaknesses. But the jnani's mind is > Suddhi-Sattva [pure harmony] and formless, > functioning in the subtle Vijnanmayakosha > [the sheath of knowledge],through which he keeps > contact with the world. > His desires are therefore also pure. > > Q: What is the relation between the pure > consciousness realised by the jnani and the > 'I am-ness', which is accepted as the primary > datum of experience? > > A: The undifferentiated consciousness of pure being > > is the Heart or Hridayam, which is what you > really are. From the Heart arises the > 'I am'-ness as the primary datum of one's > experience. By itself it is completely pure > [suddha-sattva] in character. > It is in this form of pristine purity > [suddha-sattva-swarupa], uncontaminated by Rajas > > and Tamas [activity and inertia], that the 'I' > appears to subsist in the jnani. > > from Be As You Are > The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi > > > > Get personalized email addresses from Mail > http://personal.mail./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2001 Report Share Posted June 28, 2001 , "Omkara" <coresite@h...> wrote: > > Hi Guys (greeting suggested by jb... LOL), > > Thanks for posting this, Vicki. > > The word "tamas" has more than a just a few possible translations, a > couple of which are given below. Others include "ignorance" > and "darkness." The qualities or gunas [as defined in Hinduism] > (rajas, tamas, sattva) are not easily translated to English. > > Other definitions of Sattva include purity, love, harmony, light, > grace... it's important to get the "spirit" behind these words rather > than attach to specific definitions. > > Thanks again Vicki for posting this excerpt from "Be As You Are." > > Namaste, > > Omkara Namaste, Sattva means no movement at all, complete equanimity, the space between two thoughts. It doesn't have any attributes at all really...ONS....Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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