Guest guest Posted March 1, 2002 Report Share Posted March 1, 2002 Namaste all, This week I have had more than three hundred e-mails, over the last three weeks three friend have died, one is dying and I just learned that another is in hospital after a mild heart attack. With all this happening I fear that I may have missed replying to someone as not all mail has been read. I will catch up, honest but please be patient as some as the threads require and deserve careful study. Meantime, can I offer the following as my affirmation of the importance of this site and our recent discussions. It was written some 40 years ago by Swami Abhishktananda who was a Christian/Advaitin monk in Tamil Nadu, he was originally a Belgian by the name of Henri Le Saux. He writes the following in his book 'The Further Shore' and it encapsulates the work of this group and much of the recent discussions that have created a little rajas in the cyber space. They will point to us keeping up our efforts: 'The time is ripe for spreading far and wide the 'Upanishadic' experience of freedom, as it may be called...But in fact its spread as a means of liberation and joy for mankind will only be possible at the present juncture in human history, if it is interpreted by seers who are at home in two languages; the language of the Upanishads, which they have learnt well enough for it to become second nature and the language of the seekers themselves, whatever it may be... On the one hand, the Upanishads cannot simply be reduced to formulas in any language whatever, for they are above all a matter of experience, a shock treatment, an interior lightning-flash, induced by a whole series of approaches which converge from every point of the mental horizon upon this central focus of uverwhelming illumination. On the other hand, this experience needs to be absorbed by a man's every faculty, one might say through every pore, so that his whole being might be wholly transformed.' I will catch up with all other mail as time permits, Om sri ram Ken Knight Greetings - Send FREE e-cards for every occasion! http://greetings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2002 Report Share Posted March 1, 2002 Ken, Perfectly said. If such an experience is not knowledge I wonder what is? > On the one hand, the Upanishads cannot simply be > reduced to formulas in any language whatever, for they > are above all a matter of experience, a shock > treatment, an interior lightning-flash, induced by a > whole series of approaches which converge from every > point of the mental horizon upon this central focus of > overwhelming illumination. On the other hand, this > experience needs to be absorbed by a man's every > faculty, one might say through every pore, so that his > whole being might be wholly transformed.' -- Vis - "ken knight" <hilken_98 <advaitin> Friday, March 01, 2002 2:26 PM An apology > > Namaste all, > > This week I have had more than three hundred e-mails, > over the last three weeks three friend have died, one > is dying and I just learned that another is in > hospital after a mild heart attack. > With all this happening I fear that I may have missed > replying to someone as not all mail has been read. > I will catch up, honest but please be patient as some > as the threads require and deserve careful study. > Meantime, can I offer the following as my affirmation > of the importance of this site and our recent > discussions. > It was written some 40 years ago by Swami > Abhishktananda who was a Christian/Advaitin monk in > Tamil Nadu, he was originally a Belgian by the name of > Henri Le Saux. > He writes the following in his book 'The Further > Shore' and it encapsulates the work of this group and > much of the recent discussions that have created a > little rajas in the cyber space. They will point to us > keeping up our efforts: > 'The time is ripe for spreading far and wide the > 'Upanishadic' experience of freedom, as it may be > called...But in fact its spread as a means of > liberation and joy for mankind will only be possible > at the present juncture in human history, if it is > interpreted by seers who are at home in two languages; > the language of the Upanishads, which they have learnt > well enough for it to become second nature and the > language of the seekers themselves, whatever it may > be... > > I will catch up with all other mail as time permits, > > Om sri ram > > Ken Knight > > > > > > Greetings - Send FREE e-cards for every occasion! > http://greetings. > > > Discussion of Shankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy of nonseparablity of Atman and Brahman. > Advaitin List Archives available at: http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ > To Post a message send an email to : advaitin > Messages Archived at: advaitin/messages > > > > Your use of is subject to > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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