Guest guest Posted December 24, 1999 Report Share Posted December 24, 1999 Dear Mr.Murthy, You wrote: namaste. I fully agree with the above that one cannot 'practise' advaita. Any 'practice' where the doer has the feeling that he/she is the doer defeats the thing altogether. shri nitin says that the key-word is understanding. I would say that even 'understanding' is not the key-word because 'understanding' still separates the knowledge and the knower: that someone is understanding something. I would consider shri shankara's vivekacUDAmaNi expression: "ahambhAvodayAbhAvo bodhasya paramAvadhiH" - the end of the rise of the sense of 'I' of the ego is the culmination of knowledge - as the key. Regards Gummuluru Murthy ---- What you say is precisely true. In fact, that was what was meant by the word "understanding." If you notice, Nisargadatta's statement is (significantly) made in the passive tense ("Understanding is all," not "You must understand"). It can be expressed as "Understanding without an understand-ER." Best wishes, Nitin Homepage: http://personal.vsnl.com/ntrasi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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