Guest guest Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 In a message dated 9/7/2004 6:18:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time, antoine.carre writes: "Who else but my venerable Master, Ribhu, could have thus drawn my mind from the superficialities of physical existence to the true Being of Self? O benign Master, I carve thy blessings." Great story, of course. I carve blessings, too! Zenbob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 Dear Antoine thank you specially for this mail great please i wait for your reply lots of joy and love to you wherever you are at the moment and whatever situation you are confronting now you radiate joy!!!! in GD i trust michael >Antoine Carré <antoine.carre > ><>,<onsriyantra> > I or You ? >Tue, 7 Sep 2004 21:05:26 -0400 > >Sorry, I got this book and cannot stop quoting from it. I just love the >Humor of Maharshi > ><< D: Instead of inquiring 'Who am I?". Can I put the question to myself >'Who are You?", since then my mind may be fixed on You whom I consider to >be God in the form of Guru. Perhaps, I would be nearer the goal of my quest >by that inquiry than by asking myself "Who am I?" > >Marhashi: Whatever form your inquiry may take, you must finally come to >the one "I", the Self. All these distinctions made between the "I" and >"you", Master and disciple, etc., are merely a sign of one's ignorance. The >"I" Supreme alone is. To think otherwise is to delude oneself. > >A story from Puranas about Sage Ribhu and his disciple Nidagha is >particularly instructive in this context. > >Although Ribhu taught his disciple the supreme Truth of the One Braman >without a second, Nidagha, in spite of his erudition and understanding, did >not get sufficient conviction to adopt and follow the path of jnana, but >settled down in his native town to lead a life devoted to the observance of >ceremonial religion. > >But the Sage loved his disciple as deeply as the latter venerated his >Master. In spite of his age, Ribhu would himself go to his disciple in the >town, just to see how far the latter had outgrown his ritualism. At times >the Sage went in disguise, so that he might observe how Nidagha would act >when he did not know he was being observed by his Master. > >On one such occasion Ribhu, who had put on the disguise of a village >rustic, found Nidagha intently watching a royal procession. Unrecognized by >the town-dweller Nidagha, the village rustic inquired what the bustle was >all about, and was told that the king was going in procession. > >"Oh! It is the King. He goes in procession! But where is he?" asked the >rustic. >"There, on the elephant," says Nidagha. >"You say the king is on the elephant. Yes I see the two," said the rustic. >"But which is the king which is the elephant?" >"What!" exclaimed Nidagha. "You see the two, but do not know that the man >above is the king and the animal below is the elephant? What is the use of >talking to a man like you?" >"Pray, be not impatient with an ignorant man like me," begged the rustic. >"But you said above and below - what do they mean? -- >Nidagha could not stand it more. "You see the king and the elephant, the >one above and the other below. Yet want to know what is meant by 'above' >and 'below'?" burst out Nidagha. "If things seen and words spoken can >convey so little to you, action alone can teach you. Bend forward, and you >will know it all to well." > >The rustic did as he was told. Nidagha got on his shoulders and said. "Know >it now. I am above as the king, you are below as the elephant. Is that >clear enough?" > >"No, not yet," was the rustic's quiet reply. "You say you are above like >the king and I am below like the elephant. The 'king', the 'elephant', >'above', 'below', so far it is clear. But pray, tell me what you mean by >'I' and 'you'?" > >When Nidagha was thus confronted all of a sudden with the mighty problem of >defining the 'you' apart from the 'I', light dawned on his mind. At once he >jumped down and fell at his Master`s feet, saying "Who else but my >venerable Master, Ribhu, could have thus drawn my mind from the >superficialities of physical existence to the true Being of Self? O benign >Master, I carve thy blessings." > >Therefore, while your aim is to transcend here and now these >superficialities of physical existence through atmavichara, where is the >scope for making the distinctions of "you" and "I", which pertain only to >the body? When you turn your mind within, seeking the Source of thought, >where is the "you" and where is the 'I'? > >You should seek and be the Self that includes all. >> > >From The Spiritual Teaching of Ramana Maharshi > > > _______________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2004 Report Share Posted September 8, 2004 - zen2wrk Wednesday, September 08, 2004 6:29 AM Re: I or You ? In a message dated 9/7/2004 6:18:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time, antoine.carre writes: "Who else but my venerable Master, Ribhu, could have thus drawn my mind from the superficialities of physical existence to the true Being of Self? O benign Master, I carve thy blessings." Great story, of course. I carve blessings, too! Zenbob But only at Thanksgving /join "Love itself is the actual form of God." Sri Ramana In "Letters from Sri Ramanasramam" by Suri Nagamma / b.. c.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2004 Report Share Posted September 8, 2004 Sam zen2wrk In a message dated 9/7/2004 6:18:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time, antoine.carre writes: "Who else but my venerable Master, Ribhu, could have thus drawn my mind from the superficialities of physical existence to the true Being of Self? O benign Master, I carve thy blessings." Great story, of course. I carve blessings, too! Zenbob But only at Thanksgiving Sam So now I have to learn to carve a craving for turkey Antoine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 In a message dated 9/8/2004 3:19:56 PM Pacific Daylight Time, antoine.carre writes: So now I have to learn to carve a craving for turkey Antoine [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] And Greece, too in honor of the Olympics... ZBobo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 - zen2wrk Thursday, September 09, 2004 2:40 PM Re: I or You ? In a message dated 9/8/2004 3:19:56 PM Pacific Daylight Time, antoine.carre writes: So now I have to learn to carve a craving for turkey Antoine [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] And Greece, too in honor of the Olympics... ZBobo Best thing to do is to find a greasy turkey and crave that!!! Samiam /join "Love itself is the actual form of God." Sri Ramana In "Letters from Sri Ramanasramam" by Suri Nagamma / b.. c.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 Sam zen2wrk In a message dated 9/8/2004 3:19:56 PM Pacific Daylight Time, antoine.carre writes: So now I have to learn to carve a craving for turkey Antoine And Greece, too in honor of the Olympics... ZBobo Best thing to do is to find a greasy turkey and crave that!!! Samiam We could use the 'I' as a knife and the 'You' as the fork. Titoine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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