Guest guest Posted January 12, 2002 Report Share Posted January 12, 2002 advaitin, Brian Milnes <b.milnes@b...> wrote: > > I wonder, after Harsha's comments about his "forgetting" being a Hindu, whether, because we are Westerners, brought up in different traditions; Christianity, Judaism etc. we are naturally more eclectic in our views after our introduction to the Vedic tradition. > yes, i quite agree. OM shaanthi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2002 Report Share Posted January 13, 2002 ---------------------------- Advaita poetry by Rumi: Who are we, O Thou soul of our souls, that we should remain in being beside thee? We and our existences are really non-existence; thou art the absolute Being which manifests the perishable. We all are lions, but lions on a banner: because of the wind they are rushing onward from moment to moment... ....Our wind whereby we are moved and our being are of thy gift; our whole existence is from thy bringing into being. Mesnavi Book I, 599-607 --------------------------- Advaita from Christ: "That they all may be One; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they too may be One in us". Gospel of St. John, 17:21 --------------------------- Advaita from Lao-Tzu: There was something formless and perfect before the universe was born It is serene. Empty. Solitary. Unchanging. Infinite. Eternally present. It is the mother of the universe. For lack of a better name, I call it the Tao. It flows through all things, inside and outside, and returns to the origin of all things. Tao te Ching v25 If you open yourself to the Tao, you are at one with the Tao and you can embody it completely. Tao te Ching v25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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