Guest guest Posted December 3, 2002 Report Share Posted December 3, 2002 Salutations to Thakur, Guru, and Ma! 22 July, 1883. At dusk the arati is being performed in the temple. Thakur Sri Ramakrishna is chanting the name of gods and goddesses in his room. Incense has been burnt in his room. Thakur is seated on the smaller cot with folded hands. He is meditating on the Mother. Everybody in the room is seated still and gazing at the serene image of Thakur. Thakur is under the spell of bhava. After a while he begins to talk. He is still surcharged with bhava (divine emotion). Sri Ramakrishna--"Tell me if you have any doubt. I shall explain everything. Govinda--Revered sir, why does Shyama have such complexion? Sri Ramakrishna--It is because She is at a distance. Going nearer, there is no colour. The water in a pond looks dark from a distance. Go near it, take some in your hand and you will see that it has no colour. Sky appears blue from a distance. See the sky that is nearer, you will find no colour. The nearer you go to the Lord, the more you will realize that, He has neither name nor form. Move a little away, you will again find your same Mother Shyama--She has the complexion as that of grass and flowers. Is Shyama Purusha or Prakriti? A bhakta performed worship. Another man came and saw the deity wearing a sacred thread. The latter said, 'You have put the sacred thread around the Mother's neck.' The former said, 'Brother, only you have recognized the Mother. As for me, I have never been able to know whether She is Purusha or Prakriti. So I have put a sacred thread round her neck.' The One who is Shyama is also Brahman. The One who has form is also formless. The Being who has attributes is also without-attributes. Brahman is Shakti and Shakti is Brahman. Inseparable. The male Satchitananda and the female Satchitananda." Satchitananda Kathy (SRI SRI RAMAKRISHNA KATHAMRITA. Vol. I., pp.170-171) Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2002 Report Share Posted December 3, 2002 Can I please ask you a question that has been bugging me for a long time; you state that Devi is Brahmin; but how do you know. What is Brahmin? Even the Vedas proclaim neti neti (not this! not this!) when expressing Brahmin, since Brahmin is formless, infinite and has no personality (not good or evil) then you cannot comprehend Brahmin on the normal human level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2002 Report Share Posted December 3, 2002 Brahman. Can't be described. Satchitananda Kathy Brahman, Maya, Jiva, Jagat!---Sri Ramakrishna Jagat, Jiva, Maya, Brahman!---Sri Krishna kalika Putra <dakinic_monk wrote: Can I please ask you a question that has been bugging me for a long time; you state that Devi is Brahmin; but how do you know. What is Brahmin? Even the Vedas proclaim neti neti (not this! not this!) when expressing Brahmin, since Brahmin is formless, infinite and has no personality (not good or evil) then you cannot comprehend Brahmin on the normal human level. Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2002 Report Share Posted December 3, 2002 Sri Krishna---Jagat, Jiva, Maya, Brahman = Hari Om Tat Sat ... Namaste dakinic_monk! I'm wondering if you meant BrahmAn and not BrahmIn, Brahman being the Absolute and Brahmin being the priestly caste? I think you and Kathy are both right...Brahman can't be described or comprehended. No use trying to talk about it. The closest one can get to "experiencing" it is the silence beyond "neti, neti," but even this is not it. , kathy rabold <karatagi34677> wrote: > > Brahman. Can't be described. Satchitananda Kathy > Brahman, Maya, Jiva, Jagat!---Sri Ramakrishna > Jagat, Jiva, Maya, Brahman!---Sri Krishna > kalika Putra <dakinic_monk> wrote: > > Can I please ask you a question that has been bugging me for a long time; > you state that Devi is Brahmin; but how do you know. What is Brahmin? Even > the Vedas proclaim neti neti (not this! not this!) when expressing Brahmin, > since Brahmin is formless, infinite and has no personality (not good or > evil) then you cannot comprehend Brahmin on the normal human level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2002 Report Share Posted December 5, 2002 Sorry about the error but I do think you could have figured it out; My mention is strictly to the cosmic god even though I myself belong to that caste I hate the stereotype Brahman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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