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advaitin , "V.Prasanna Shrinivas" <shri@m...> wrote:

>

> Namaste,

>

>

> This passage is from the editorial of "The Mountain Path"

> (available on-line URL: http://www.ramana-maharshi.org)

>

> All objectivisation is conceptual, all conceptuality is inference,

and all

> inference is as empty of truth as a vacuum is empty of air.

Moreover

there

> is no truth, never has been and never could be; there is no

thus-ness,

> such-ness, is-ness, nor anything positive or negative whatever.

There is

> just absolute absence of the cognisable, which is absolute presence

of the

> unthinkable and the unknowable - which neither is nor is not.

> Inferentially this is said to be an immense and radiant splendour

> untrammelled by notions of time and space, and utterly beyond the

dim,

> reflected sentience of temporal and finite imagination.

>

> regards

> Prasanna

 

Hmm beautiful. I wonder who wrote it? Are you saying it was from

Ramana?

 

In appreciation,

 

Col

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Dear Col.

 

 

It is the essence of Ribhu Gita which Sri. Ramana Maharshi often

used to refer in his talks.

 

Regards,

 

Prasanna

 

On Fri, 20 Oct 2000 colette wrote:

> Fri, 20 Oct 2000 23:53:41 -0000

> colette

> advaitin

> advaitin

> Re: Celibacy/Prasanna

>

> advaitin , "V.Prasanna Shrinivas" <shri@m...> wrote:

> >

> > Namaste,

> >

> >

> > This passage is from the editorial of "The Mountain Path"

> > (available on-line URL: http://www.ramana-maharshi.org)

> >

> > All objectivisation is conceptual, all conceptuality is inference,

> and all

> > inference is as empty of truth as a vacuum is empty of air.

> Moreover

> there

> > is no truth, never has been and never could be; there is no

> thus-ness,

> > such-ness, is-ness, nor anything positive or negative whatever.

> There is

> > just absolute absence of the cognisable, which is absolute presence

> of the

> > unthinkable and the unknowable - which neither is nor is not.

> > Inferentially this is said to be an immense and radiant splendour

> > untrammelled by notions of time and space, and utterly beyond the

> dim,

> > reflected sentience of temporal and finite imagination.

> >

> > regards

> > Prasanna

>

> Hmm beautiful. I wonder who wrote it? Are you saying it was from

> Ramana?

>

> In appreciation,

>

> Col

>

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advaitin , "V.Prasanna Shrinivas" <shri@m...> wrote:

>

> Dear Col.

>

>

> It is the essence of Ribhu Gita which Sri. Ramana Maharshi

often

> used to refer in his talks.

>

> Regards,

>

> Prasanna

 

Wow. Tis a blessing for sure.

 

Today I received a present out of the blue. Someone bought me the

Avadhuta Gita translated by Swami Chetananananda. I have been so

interestedly reading the quotes from it shared from the Vivekananda

Center so I am grateful & will share a quote from it which I believe

relates to the quote which you also shared earlier ...

 

"The all pervading Brahman is freedom Itself. The divisions of short

&

long, circular & angular, are absent in It .. "

 

Now I also want to share a Ramana quote I saw today in the What is

Enlightenment? magazine. I believe it pertains to this discussion on

celibacy. (Sorry if someone else has already shared this earlier)

 

"Why do you think of yourself as a householder? If you become a

wandering monk, a similar thought - that you are a renunciate - will

haunt you.

 

Whether you continue as a husband or a father, or renounce your

family

& go to the forest, your small self will still accompany you.

 

The self is the source of thoughts. It creates the body & the world &

makes you think that you are really a householder.

 

If you renounce the world, it will only substitute the thought

'renunciate' for 'householder' & the environment of the forest for

that of the household. But the mental obstacles are always there.

They

even increase in new surroundings.

 

There is no help in the change of environment. The obstacle is the

mind. It must be overcome whether at home or in the forest. If you

can

do it in the forest, why not in the home? Therefore why change the

environment?

 

Your efforts can be made now whatever your environment may be."

 

Ramana Maharshi

 

Nice to share,

 

Peace,

 

Col

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