Guest guest Posted November 19, 2000 Report Share Posted November 19, 2000 What a beautiful and emphatic assertion by Sri Murthy ! (See below) Gita 7.26 - I know, O Arjuna, the beings of the past, the present and the future, but no one knows Me. Gita 7.29 - Those who take refuge in Me and strive for deliverance from decay and death, they realize in full that Brahman, the individual self and all karma. Tagore in Gitanjali: I boasted among men that I had known you. They see your pictures in all works of mine. They come and ask me, "Who is he?" I know not how to answer them. I say, "Indeed, I cannot tell." They blame me and they go away in scorn. And you sit there smiling. Regards, Raghava --- On Thu, 10 Sep 1998, Gregory Goode wrote: > Gregory Goode goode@D... > > I like both these interpretations! > > Another one: Nisargadatta Maharaj suggested that we read the Gita from > *Krishna's* standpoint, to get a flavor or the Absolute that we are. > > --Greg > Sri Gummuluru Murthy replied: That is a very valid observation. Krishna's way is the only way to look at. Quite often, criticism was made that to look at from the Absolute is not correct, and one cannot do that until one attains the Absolute. But, in my view, that criticism was flawed because you are the Absolute and unless you look at from the Absolute, you would not know that you are the Absolute. Further, looking at from Arjuna's viewpoint, there is the danger that you will be quagmired in the vyavaharika (empirical) all the time looking at only from the finite. Regards Gummuluru Murthy ---- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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