Guest guest Posted July 9, 1999 Report Share Posted July 9, 1999 I hope a little ecumenical comment might be welcome here... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Jesus said in the garden of gethsemane upon realizing the part he would play on the cross... "would that this cup could pass from me, nevertheless, Thy will not mine be done". Buddha said our personal desire must stop before our suffering will. The Bhagavad Gita says we should do our duty and surrender the outcome to Krishna. Islam says we should surrender our will to Allah. I'd say they are making the same point no matter how vehemently their followers fail to see it. There are many paths and one goal as there are many sounds in one silence. The holy grail is just the cup of death of who we thought we were but the "silence" is without beginning or end. It is the source of every thought and movement, their sustenance and resolution. It is the peace which passeth understanding. Be still and know the origin and end of all. THAT thou art. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 10, 1999 Report Share Posted July 10, 1999 I second what you said in the last sentence and the next paragraph. Swami Vivekananda in Response to Welcome At The World's Parliament of Religions,Chicago, 11th September 1893 also said: "As the different streams having there sources in different places all mingle their water in the sea, so, O Lord, the different paths which men take through different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to Thee." Thanks for your beautiful commentory, Ram Chandran a c wrote: > "a c" <ac > > I hope a little ecumenical comment might be > welcome here... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~ > > Jesus said in the garden of gethsemane upon > realizing the part he would play on the cross... > "would that this cup could pass from me, > nevertheless, Thy will not mine be done". Buddha > said our personal desire must stop before our > suffering will. The Bhagavad Gita says we should > do our duty and surrender the outcome to Krishna. > Islam says we should surrender our will to Allah. > I'd say they are making the same point no matter > how vehemently their followers fail to see it. .................. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 10, 1999 Report Share Posted July 10, 1999 Namaste. > Swami Vivekananda in Response to Welcome At The World's >Parliament of Religions,Chicago, 11th September 1893 also said: >"As the different streams having there sources in different >places all mingle their water in the sea, so, O Lord, the >different paths which men take through different tendencies, >various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to >Thee." Essentially the same meaning is conveyed by the traditional verse: AkASAt patitam toyam yathA gacchati sAgaram | sarva deva namaskAra.H keSavam pratigacchati || "Just as (all) water that falls from the sky flows into the ocean, so do prayers to all Gods go to keSava" I think all 'smArta" brahmins (generally advaitins) recite this as part of their "sandhyAvandanam" (dusk, dawn and midday prayers). Is this verse attributed to Sankaracharya? Regards, Ganesh FREE Email for ALL! Sign up at http://www.mail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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