Guest guest Posted January 24, 2002 Report Share Posted January 24, 2002 - Miles Wright RamanaMaharshi Thursday, January 24, 2002 2:53 AM [RamanaMaharshi] Upadesa Saram/Undiyar verses 23, 24 =============23asattvabhAsikAcit kvavetarA /sattayAhicit cittayAhyaham //How is it possible that another consciousness is illuminating Existence?(Not possible) because consciousness comes through Existence (Self) alone,and the 'I' comes through consciousness alone.---------23b uLLa duNara uNarvuvE r^inmayinuLLa duNarvAgu mun*dIpar^auNarvEnA mAyuLa mun*dIpar^aTo be aware of 'What Is' there is no awareness different(from what Is). What'Is' is 'Awareness'. We are that 'Awareness'.=========24aISajIvayorveshadhIbhidA /satsvabhAvato vastukevalam //For God and jIva the difference is simply the taking of an assumedappearance(upAdhi). The real essence is one only, the state ofSelf-existence.------ 24b Irukku miyar^kaiyA lISaJI vargaLoruporu LEyAva run*dIpar^avubadi yuNarvEvE r^un*dIpar^aIn their nature, the individual (jIva) and the universal (ISa, God) are thesame (sat). Only the perception of their limitations (upAdhi) is different.=========om gurave namah [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: RamanaMaharshi Subscribe: RamanaMaharshi- Un: RamanaMaharshi- List owner: RamanaMaharshi-owner Shortcut URL to this page: /community/RamanaMaharshi Your use of Groups is subject to the Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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