question on heart and faith

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Dear devotees of the Lord,

Please accept my pranams.

 

Here I would like to ask one question on which I have

been thinking for a very long time.

 

Sri Malolan Cadambi is trying to present the evidence

that the heart (or let us say feeling) is only a

designation given to us by material nature. (to what

we should definetely agree)

And the soul is beyond all such designations.

And the Absolute Truth cannot be reached, felt or

understood by such faculties.

 

So my question is - What is faith or Sraddha?

 

Is faith only a qualified condition of our mind and

inteligence?

 

Or is it the only true substential experience of

Spiritual Reality in this world, felt in the "heart"

of the soul, and independent from all our material

designations?

 

Where is the ultimate confirmation that Spiritual

Reality and the Supreme Lord are truly "real"?

 

Is it in the scripture?

 

Or is it with the soul in the form of faith?

 

Does the scripture gives the faith to the soul?

 

Or the faith of the soul recognizes the scripture and

takes it guidance and instruction on its journey?

 

 

Your insights into this subject will be greately

appreciated.

 

 

Yours sincerely,

 

damodar

 

Srinivas Fine Arts Ltd.

Sivakasi

 

 

 

 

Dear Shree Damodara Swarup,

 

Here is what I found in the pramanas.

 

Logic and Heart:

---

1.) Philosophical Principles are beyond logic and the

human heart. This

is

evident from the following pramana;

 

"When all the desires of the heart harbours are gone,

man becomes

immortal

and reaches the brahmman here" (From the Katha

Upanishad as quoted by

Sri

Mysore Hiriyanna)

 

Atma Shakshatkaram is one of the goals for a jiiva.

Here the heart is

different from the jiiva.

 

Using Logic to Understand Philosophical Principles

---

 

Philosophical principles are not just in the domain of

scholarly

investigation, but they are beyond logic. Tarka plays

an important role

in

understanding the pramana, but definitley,

philosophical principles are

beyond tarka, as again evident in the following

pramana.

"Naisha Tarkena Matirapaneya -Logic does not determine

philosophical

truths - which are beyond the the realm of senses"

Katopanisad

 

Hope this helps.

 

Adiyen,

 

Malolan Cadambi

 

 

 

 

-

"damodara svarup" <damodarsvarup

<bhakti-list>

Friday, September 21, 2001 1:51 AM

is there one truth?

 

> Dear devotees,

>

> Pranams.

>

>

> In reply to Malola Cadambi's posting - I feel that

> this is not an attitude of one who is Truth seeker.

>

> As far as I can understand here we are dealing with

> Absolute and Relative considerations.

>

> On the relative plane we can all be mutualy

respectful

> - untill there is the crossing of the line of Truth.

>

> Once somebody crosses the line of Truth, relative

> considerations becomes secondary.

>

> The Truth is the Absolute consideration.

>

> How our heart can respect falsity?!!!!!

>

>

> Please correct me if I am wrong.

>

> Your sincerely,

>

> damodar

>

> Srinivas Fine Arts Ltd.

> Sivakasi

 

 

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