Guest guest Posted November 16, 2001 Report Share Posted November 16, 2001 Dear All, I would like to get ur views on Mouna. Many of the greats have been mouna gnanis and they have been silently immersed in their self. 1. Did people who lived centuries ago have scriptures / texts to discuss about advaita. I think the whole logic is to think and then it will Flash.. THe first step is to go to a guru. I say that if with full bhakthi if we pray the guru will be before us and we can cross the ocean of samsara...... i recall Adi sankara's bhaja govindam where in the 1st sloka itself the master Samprate sam......nahi nahi rakshathi durkrin .... sivaya namaha kamesh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 17, 2001 Report Share Posted November 17, 2001 Namaste, > > 1. Did people who lived centuries ago have scriptures / texts to discuss about advaita. > > The Vedas (and the end portion of Vedas known as Veda-anta) are beginningless. They are the reveleations of God Himself. That being the case the scriptural knowledge was always available to a ripe seeker whether there were books in those days or not. That is why Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati Swamigal, a previous pontiff of Sringeri used to chide scholarly seekers with a fixation on mastering Sankara Bhasyas. Swamiji used to ask whether there were Sankara Bhasyas to help seekers who lived before Sankara!. In this context, one of my earlier posts from the Ramana Maharishi journal 'Mountain Path' may be relevant: advaitin/message/9162 ================== Mountain Path ================================ There was a young man studying Sanskrit and sacred lore at Chidambaram. After finishing his course of studies there he went to Sringeri to hear Vedanta explained by the famous HH Narasimha Bharati Swamigal [1879-1912, 33rd Pontiff of Sringeri]. The Swami condescended to teach him though he had just then intended to stop teaching and retire into solitude for meditation. Once, at the end of the day's lesson, the Swami remarked, "We study scriptures and commentaries on them. They no doubt clarify one's understanding and help one spiritually; but they are only secondary.The main thing is one's spiritual ripeness. One who is already spiritually evolved need not go through the scriptures and commentaries on them. Such a one gets illuminated in a flash without these aids.The Bala Yogi of Tiruvannamalai is an instance here." The student had heard of the Brahmana Swami (Sri Bhagavan as he was then known) while at Chidambaram, but had thought it was all a hoax. And so he was stunned to hear such profound appreciation of Bhagavan from the lips of his venerable master and resolved to go and have darshan of Bhagavan before long. ================== Mountain Path ================================ Also Sri Ramana Maharishi Himself used to say not a lot of knowledge is required to embark on the Spiritual path. Persistent, Regular Sadhana taught by a Guru (Here Guru implies Stotriyam , Brahma Nishtam (well versed in the scriptures and established in Brahman)) is the most important requirement. >> I think the whole logic is to think and then it will Flash.. >> Actually the whole logic to stop thinking, isn't it? Patanjali's Yoga Sutra 'chitta vriddhi nirodha' implies cessation of all rajasic and tamasic vrittis. advaitin/message/10986 >> The mind becomes completely still(i.e., free from all thoughts) only during deep sleep. But we cannot sleep always. We seek such mental peace even while awake; and this is the aim of spirituality--to still the mind completely so that we experience everlasting peace,day and night, in all circumstamces. H.H. Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati, 34th Pontiff of Sringeri >> regards Sundar Rajan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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