Guest guest Posted July 29, 2000 Report Share Posted July 29, 2000 Today i was reading a article and it explained what is life ? It said that Guru is the one who give light blows to the disciple so that he raises the question of what is life ? Article said that all the great ones had to go throught the tough times and there occured an incident in their life which gave them a blow and opened their eyes. Buddha faced such an incident at the age of 21. After seeing the four stages of man Siddhartha thought one day he will die and if these people are to cry then why not let it happen now itself. One day wife, son and all other things will die. When my loved ones are destined to parted from me then why not let it happen now. Whats the use of leaving in illusion. And he decided that he is not going to die like all. And he left in the search for truth. Arjuna faced an eye opening situation at the age of 41 at the start of Battle field. At some point or the other one will have to face a situation which will make one ask the question what is life ? Such situation can come at any age. But it is bound to come. When one looses something which is very dear to one, its then that one wakes from the sleep and is hinted towards reality. One day one will have to part with the one whom one loves very dearly may be wife, sons, sisters, brother, father, friend or the loved one. One day the loved one will be standing at the door step of death and we will have to part with them in pain and agony. And Guru gives light blows to the disciple so that he can understand the true meaning of life. He knows how which mud to mould in to a pitcher. By giving light blows he creates a pitcher out of mud. Which one day will quench the thrist of millions. Guru's only aim in life is to shape up his disciples. It may happen that while opening the closed doors of disciples he may get bit hurt but he doesn't care for that. Once a disciple becomes an able one at that time no one is more happier then the Guru. A disciple is the biggest fool if one thinks why is one being made to suffer from all this. First of all its very difficult to an able Guru among the crowd. And its a blessing if Guru throws before us the tough situations of life. For its only through them that ones eyes will open. Only by facing such situations, the viel of illusion will be removed. Life is to become one with nature. ======================================================================== Guru means an able teacher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 30, 2000 Report Share Posted July 30, 2000 On 7/29/00 at 11:20 PM anurag wrote: >Today i was reading a article and it explained what is life ? It said >that Guru is the one who give light blows to the disciple so that he >raises the question of what is life ? The alternative could be, to live in such a way that the question "what is life" becomes irrelevant > >Article said that all the great ones had to go throught the tough times >and there occured an incident in their life which gave them a blow and >opened their eyes. Buddha faced such an incident at the age of 21. >After seeing the four stages of man Siddhartha thought one day he >will die and if these people are to cry then why not let it happen >now itself. One day wife, son and all other things will die. When my loved >ones are destined to parted from me then why not let it happen now. >Whats the use of leaving in illusion. And he decided that he is not >going to die like all. And he left in the search for truth. Arjuna >faced an eye opening situation at the age of 41 at the start of Battle >field. At some point or the other one will have to face a situation which >will make one ask the question what is life ? [...] Every life-form has a beginning and an end. The illusion isn't in the continuing succession of life-forms and/or the relationships between those life-forms, the illusion enters with a statement like *MY* loved ones - there are no such things. The essence of Advaita is there is One - not two - so there is no room for the sense of "mine" and "yours" and whether individually or collectively, this sense has created all havoc throughout (recorded) history and will continue to do so... When taking leave from *MY* loved ones, loved ones remain - one (mentally) takes leave from the sense of "mine" and "yours" (which will increase one's love, as indicated by many mystics). But when admitting something like "neither am I the mind, nor body, nor the senses", the logical consequence is, nothing can be possessed, only "rented from Nature" so even a sense of "I" is possible without a sense of "mine" and "yours". And it is a good use to take care properly of loved ones and rented goods Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 3, 2000 Report Share Posted August 3, 2000 On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, jb wrote: > On 7/29/00 at 11:20 PM anurag wrote: > > >Today i was reading a article and it explained what is life ? It said > >that Guru is the one who give light blows to the disciple so that he > >raises the question of what is life ? > > The alternative could be, to live in such a way that the question "what is life" becomes irrelevant True Jan. But to live that way one will have to question What is Life ? One has to face it in any of the lives. > > > >Article said that all the great ones had to go throught the tough times > >and there occured an incident in their life which gave them a blow and > >opened their eyes. Buddha faced such an incident at the age of 21. > >After seeing the four stages of man Siddhartha thought one day he > >will die and if these people are to cry then why not let it happen > >now itself. One day wife, son and all other things will die. When my loved > >ones are destined to parted from me then why not let it happen now. > >Whats the use of leaving in illusion. And he decided that he is not > >going to die like all. And he left in the search for truth. Arjuna > >faced an eye opening situation at the age of 41 at the start of Battle > >field. At some point or the other one will have to face a situation which > >will make one ask the question what is life ? > [...] > Every life-form has a beginning and an end. The illusion isn't in the >continuing succession of life-forms and/or the relationships between >those life-forms, the illusion enters with a statement like *MY* loved ones >- there are no such things. The essence of Advaita is there is One - not two >- so there is no room for the sense of "mine" and "yours" and whether >individually or collectively, this sense has created all havoc throughout > (recorded) history and will continue to do so... When taking leave from >*MY* loved ones, loved ones remain - one (mentally) takes leave from the >sense of "mine" and "yours" (which will increase one's love, as indicated by >many mystics). Very True Jan. The stage you have mentioned is next or an answer to question what is Life. > But when admitting something like "neither am I the mind, nor body, nor the >senses", the logical consequence is, nothing can be possessed, only >"rented from Nature" so even a sense of "I" is possible without a sense of >"mine" and "yours". And it is a good use to take care properly of loved ones >and rented goods things are not rented but one performs the role in the drama being aware of the transfromations that exist. > > Jan > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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