Guest guest Posted December 11, 2000 Report Share Posted December 11, 2000 I have heard that when students gathered around the ancient Sage Dakshinamurti for instructions, he uttered not a single word. It is said that His Silence Is the Teaching. Love to all Harsha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 11, 2000 Report Share Posted December 11, 2000 Namaste, Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati [1895-1994] said that Dakshinamurti had to incarnate Himself as Adi Shankara to demolish the 'asura' form of intellect in Kali Yuga, as humanity of this age would not understand His teaching of 'SILENCE'!!! Regards, s. advaitin , "Harsha" <harsha-hkl@h...> wrote: > I have heard that when students gathered around the ancient Sage > Dakshinamurti for instructions, he uttered not a single word. It is said > that His Silence Is the Teaching. > > Love to all > Harsha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 11, 2000 Report Share Posted December 11, 2000 Some speak ... and say nothing. Some are silent ... because they have nothing to say. Some are silent ... to listen. Some are silent ... so as not to tell the truth. Some are silent ... so as not to tell a lie. Some are silent ... because they are afraid. Some are silent ... because they are proud. Some are silent ... and in their own way eloquent. God is the most eloquent of all those who are silent. Source: Verbania, 4 1V 1991 advaitin , "Harsha" <harsha-hkl@h...> wrote: > I have heard that when students gathered around the ancient Sage > Dakshinamurti for instructions, he uttered not a single word. It is said > that His Silence Is the Teaching. > > Love to all > Harsha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 11, 2000 Report Share Posted December 11, 2000 Harih Aum: Interestingly Paramacharya used to observe silence on number of occasions and that didn't prevent the visitors from asking questions. A number of those visitors did express that they got the answer even though Acharya didn't utter a single word! (This is also true with a number of visitors who asked questions to Sri Ramana Maharishi) The following quote confirms why silence is the greatest virtue of the person with the wisdom. 'Well-timed silence has more eloquence than speech' - Author unknown Here is the advice for others! warmest regards, Ram Chandran 'Don't talk unless you can improve the silence' -- Laurence Coughlin advaitin , "sunder hattangadi" <sunderh@h...> wrote: > Namaste, > > Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati [1895-1994] said that > Dakshinamurti had to incarnate Himself as Adi Shankara to demolish > the 'asura' form of intellect in Kali Yuga, as humanity of this age > would not understand His teaching of 'SILENCE'!!! > > s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 11, 2000 Report Share Posted December 11, 2000 >I have heard that when students gathered around the ancient Sage >Dakshinamurti for instructions, he uttered not a single word. It is said >that His Silence Is the Teaching. > >Love to all >Harsha Yes but He taught using a chinmudra - the thumb joining the index finger - thumb standing for Iswara and index finger for ego - joining to form one totality. There is a story - one student went to a teacher asked him to teach Brahmavidya. The teacher kept silent. He asked again, no answer and again and no answer. The student was getting impatient and requested again - then the teacher said I have been teaching but you are not listening. Bhagavaan Ramana's teaching was mostly in silence. But there were also many who were unable to receive the knowledge and returned disappointed since they were looking for some discourse or some mantras to be given, etc. JK taught in a different way saying that truth is a pathless land and there is no need of a teacher and he is not a teacher. Interestingly some people formed a clout around him as his followers, who did not want to be followed. Human weakness looks for a teacher and the law of nature is such that a proper teacher will come for each seeker when the mind is ready - The teaching ultimately is to teach that there is nothing to teach. But that is a profound teaching but difficult to grasp when one is longing for an answer out there. Ultimately Oneself is one own guide and teacher. That requires certain maturity of the mind. For that alone an external teacher is required. A teacher who knows the nature of the reality and also how to teach to the mind who is longing for some answers at an intellectual level. That intellect needs to be unagitated before one goes leap out of intellect into the truth. That one requires a teacher itself is part of self-delusion - Vedanta is teaching only to a deluded one. Hari Om! Sadananda -- K. Sadananda Code 6323 Naval Research Laboratory Washington D.C. 20375 Voice (202)767-2117 Fax:(202)767-2623 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 11, 2000 Report Share Posted December 11, 2000 Yes, Swami Vivekananda also said, "Be like the early morning dew drop, falling silent and unnoticed, but yet bringing about blossoms of roses ." Anand --- Ram Chandran <rchandran wrote: > Some speak ... and say nothing. > Some are silent ... because they have nothing to > say. > Some are silent ... to listen. > Some are silent ... so as not to tell the truth. > Some are silent ... so as not to tell a lie. > Some are silent ... because they are afraid. > Some are silent ... because they are proud. > Some are silent ... and in their own way eloquent. > God is the most eloquent of all those who are > silent. > > Source: Verbania, 4 1V 1991 Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. / Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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