Spiritual Death

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A text I like to read from time to time,

>From the Foundation of Tibetan Mysticism, According to the Esoteric Teachings of

the Great Mantra OM MANI PADME HUM, by Lama Anagarika Govinda

 

<< To condemn life as evil, before having exhausted its possibilities for a

higher development, before having penetrated to an understanding of its

universal aspect, and before having realized the highest qualities of

consciousness in the attainment of enlightenment, the noblest fruit and ultimate

fulfillment of all existence, such an attitude is not only presumptuous and

unreasonable, but utterly foolish. It can only be compared to the attitude of an

ignorant man who, after examining an unripe fruit, declares it uneatable and

throws it away, instead of giving it time to mature.

 

Only one who has reached that supra-individual state of Perfect Enlightenment

can renounce 'individuality'. Those, however, who only suppress their

sense-activities and natural functions of life, before they even have tried to

make the right use of them, will not become saints but merely petrified. A

saintliness, which is built merely on negative virtues, merely on avoidance and

escape, may impress the crowd and may be taken as proof of self-control and

spiritual strength; however, it will lead only to spiritual self-annihilation,

but not to Enlightenment. It is the way of stagnation, of spiritual death. It is

the liberation from suffering at the price of life and of the potential spark of

Illumination within us.

 

The discovery of this spark is the beginning of the Bodhisattva- Path, which

achieves the liberation from suffering and from the fetters of egohood not by a

negation of life, but by service to our fellow-beings, while striving towards

Perfect Enlightenment. >>

 

Antoine

"All spiritual teachings are only meant to make us retrace our steps to our

Original Source."

>From The Essential teachings of Ramana Maharshi, A visual Journey.

http://www3.sympatico.ca/antoine.carre/maharshi.htm

 

 

 

 

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, Antoine Carré

<antoine.carre@s...> wrote:

> A text I like to read from time to time,

>

> From the Foundation of Tibetan Mysticism, According to the

Esoteric Teachings of the Great Mantra OM MANI PADME HUM, by Lama

Anagarika Govinda

 

Namaste,

>From a Advaitic point of view or even IMO, this teaching only

culminates in the Bhodisattva Path or not ultimate Moksha or Nirvana.

There is another problem also with the senses here, not withdrawing

from them as much as possible. This again is more the teachings of

Bon Po than the Gautama Buddha, or Vedanta...Although for those who

cannot escape the coils of materialism just yet or do not desire

complete extinguishing of the Ego or alternately they wish to come

back and help, I can see how it would be useful but it isn't Advaita

by any means or even Theravada........ONS...Tony.