AW: Re:Vedantic Scholar and Spiritual-Realization

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> -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----

> Von: atmachaitanya108 [stadri]

> 'anyone' claims himself to be a Jnani, it merely betrays his own

> ignorance.

>

> Shankara makes clear in has Adhyasa Bhashya that:

> 1) Jnani-Ajnani

> 2) Bondage-iberation

> 3) Guru-student

> 4) THE SHASTRA BEING THE ONLY MEANS TO KNOWLEDGE

>

> Are all only in the realm of ignorance.

>

> Hari Om

> Atmachaitanya

VERY WELL SAID INDEED!

 

My teacher told me once while travelling in a train: Getting students to

listen vedanta is a part of Guru's karma prarabdha... All that is there in

this world is ignorance. It is ignorance to presume that a person who is

wearing Orange robes is a Mumukshu or a sanyasi. It is ignorance to think

that the people who put up a show of false bhajans are true devotees... AND

it is our ignorance to sing Suprabhatam early in the Morning to Lord --- for

if he ever sleeps then we get pralaya :-) It is better to live an ordinary

life like that of Dharmavyadha (refering a butcher story told in

Mahabharata) than to be a Hypocratic Guru. All that we can do is surrender

to the system (of what ever) we believed and pray closing our eyes and your

ignorance is dispelled --- you may ask why closing eyes! Incidentally, that

is what we do when we go and stand infront of our Lord. When you close your

eyes you first see the darkness, but that darkness belongs to the world you

always perceive.... But once the ignorance gets dispelled --- even if you

close your eyes you become a "sahasrAksha" Lord of Infinite eyes (refering

Purusha Sukta).

 

Realization has got nothing to do with this world. Whether you realize or

you didnt not realize doesnt matter to this world... So all that you can do,

if at all you want to live as a part of the society then follow your Dharma!

Chinmaya Mission or for that matter any other Mission has got a Dharma, that

is to Teach the Vedantic Knowledge to the Seekers. Social Service

organizations have got a Dharma -- that is to serve people. This world is a

big cycle of Dharma. Everybody has to undergo it. Those who are following

the Dharma are better than those who putup a show.

 

Thank you once again for sharing your knowledge.

 

Yours,

Madhava