Guest guest Posted September 7, 2003 Report Share Posted September 7, 2003 Neither light, nor darkness In Genisis, God says, "Let there be Light" - light cannot come out of darkness In the Ramayana, Parvati says to Shiva that she has seen the light of a million suns, and Shiva responds, "Who has seen..." and Parvati returns to her meditation to relize the Self. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 7, 2003 Report Share Posted September 7, 2003 Namaste Pietersaji. advaitin, <pietersa@l...> wrote: > Neither light, nor darkness (THAT IS THE SAFEST ROUTE IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES!) > > In Genisis, God says, "Let there be Light" - light cannot come out of > darkness (WHY DID HE ORDER LIGHT? IN ORDER FOR CREATION TO TAKE PLACE OR FOR AN EXISTENT DARKNESS TO BE REMOVED. OR DO WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE INTENT OF THIS LIGHT AS THE WIDER MEANING IMPLIED BY THE SANSKRIT 'PRAKASHA' (RECALL OUR RECENT DISCUSSION ON THIS TOPIC) WHEREBY A PROJECTION OR SUPERIMPOSITION LIKE OUR ADHYASA RESULTED CULMINATING IN THE CREATION OF DUALITY?) > > In the Ramayana, Parvati says to Shiva that she has seen the light of a > million suns, and Shiva responds, "Who has seen..." and Parvati returns to > her meditation to relize the Self. (SHIVA WOULD HAVE GIVEN THE SAME ADVISE HAD OUR DEAR PARVATI REPORTED SEEING ANYTHING ELSE! THAT IS ADVAITA! PRANAMS. MADATHIL NAIR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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