Brahman or ME:Saranagati

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Thank you for sri Gummuluru Murthy and Sri Krishna Prasad for your

insight into the paradox.

After quite some thought I figured the solution should be (as has

been pointed out) in Saranagati. Surrender of the ego in Brahman. But

the line to tread is razor thin because some how it seems to drain

away the purushakara.

Actually it doesnt because now actions rest in the Ultimate, we have

got no intentions to carry over in the affected mode. The actions

dissolve as it gets carried out. This is in contrast to what we do

without this philosophy ie. we work for our self centered ends and

pine for results.

 

 

 

advaitin, Gummuluru Murthy <gmurthy@m...> wrote:

>

> On Fri, 25 May 2001 Arghya wrote:

>

> > Long since a thought had been haunting me. We say that we should

try

> > for Nirvasana or Do Prarthana or use Purushakara etc. Again we

> > venture to say all is His wish we humans are gross or jada since

both

> > Manas and Buddhi is also matter according to Sankha Yoga.

> > I see a paradox: if we are gross then it is His wish that we

think we

> > pray or struggle, we dont He does. If it is so then why do we try

at

> > all He will do his deed I fall back and watch.

> > May I invite all those who can to comment on this to respond. The

> > question is really worth it I think, the basic question of why

> > spirituality?

>

>

> namaste.

>

> The objective of spiritual studies is to know oneself so that

> we recognize the fallacy of the question above "Brahman *or* ME?"

> and the introduction that preceeded the question.

>

> May I suggest that you contemplate on questions of the type

>

> Am I there apart from brahman?

> Is there a brahman apart from ME?

> Is there a ME apart from brahman?

> What is this ME?

> And what is this brahman?

>

> Studies on spirituality answers these questions, not only

> intellectually, but much more important spiritually (I hesitate

> to use the word experientially because there is no one to

> experience this) so that we ultimately know that Knowledge is

> the Knower.

>

> Regards

> Gummuluru Murthy

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