'Ignorance itself gets transformed into Knowledge' -

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Namaste

 

This is actually Sadanandaji's post in response to my post

#15373. He wrote to me personally (because of some mail failure

from India). But I feel it will be useful to the general reader.

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--- "V. Krishnamurthy" <profvk wrote:

> > Whatever is the cause or the effect should be regarded as

the inert matter” (I do not quite comprehend the inclusion of

the words ‘the cause or’ in this last sentence. I am happy

with the sentence without these three words! -- VK) >>

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The way I understand - Every effect must have a cause and when

effect is recognized by the consciouness (or more correctly in

the consciousness) and the cause for that effect can be sought

after and can be recognized again by the consciousness (or in

the consciousness). That which are illumined by consciosness -

both the effect and the cause as well as the birth of the time

which relates to the temporal and spacial gap between the cause

and effect - all come under jadam since they are illumined by

something other than by themselves (anya adhiina prakaashatvam

tat jadam). Hence Vidyaranya says both cause and effect are

jadam in the

consciousness.

 

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> > “By the whole of that inert matter the self-luminous

Consciousness is veiled. By Consciousness thus veiled, both

itself and the inert matter shine forth, just as both the moon

and Rahu – the shadow eclipsing it" >>

 

I would have preferred an inclusion of the word "as though it

is veiled" - since even the veiling is seen through the

consciosness only. Sometime language gets cumbersome and may

give wrong meaning to those who are not tuned.

 

Hari OM

Sadananda

 

What you have is His gift to you and what you do with what you

have is your gift to Him - Swami Chinmayananda.

 

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praNAms to all advaitins

profvk

 

 

 

 

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Prof. V. Krishnamurthy

My website on Science and Spirituality is http://www.geocities.com/profvk/

You can access my book on Gems from the Ocean of Hindu Thought Vision and

Practice, and my father R. Visvanatha Sastri's manuscripts from the site.

 

 

 

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