Guest guest Posted February 12, 2005 Report Share Posted February 12, 2005 To that Bhagawan replied " Unless intellectually known, how to practice it? Learn it intellectually first, then do not stop with that. Practice it." Maharshi then made certain remarks : " When you adhere to one philosophical system you are obliged to condemn the others. That is the case with the heads of monasteries . All people cannot be expected to the same kind of action. Each one acts according to his temperament and past lives. Wisdom,Devotion,Action (jnana,bhakti,karma) are all interlocked. Meditation on forms is according to one's own mind. It is meant for ridding oneself of other forms and confining oneself to one form. It leads to the goal. It is impossible to fix the mind in the Heart to start with. So these aids are necessary. Krishna says that there is no birth (janma) to you, me, etc., and later says he was born before Aditya, etc. Arjuna disputes it. Therefore it is certain that each one thinks of God according to his own degree of advancement. You say you are the body in wakeful state; not the body in sleep. Bodies being several-fold for an individual, should not there be infinite capacities for God? Whichever method one follows, that method is encoraged by the Sages. For it leads to the goal like any other method." ( From Talk 40. ) Dora India Matrimony: Find your life partner online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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