Guest guest Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 Namaste Benji,et al, As you realise this is impossible, moksha eliminated death and the jiva. However until that stage we are all aspiring advaitins. For example people are devoted to images, ishtadevatas and even sankara. So it is real whilst one is in it, even the after life which is part of the dream world has relative validity. However even extending this validity there is no room for Jivanmukta for the person no longer exists or the delusion has dropped so to speak. So you will see many people who strongly claim to be Advaitins still worshipping and using different means of concentration. For in the end result the only Advaitin is the Jivanmukta.......ONS...Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 18, 2003 Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 Namaste >As you realise this is impossible, moksha eliminated death >and the jiva. >However until that stage we are all aspiring advaitins. >For example people are devoted to images, ishtadevatas >and even sankara. So it is real whilst one is in it, >even the after life which is part of the dream world >has relative validity. However even extending this >validity there is no room for Jivanmukta for the person >no longer exists or the delusion has dropped so to speak. >So you will see many people who strongly claim to be >Advaitins still worshipping and using different means of >concentration. For in the end result the only Advaitin is >the Jivanmukta.......ONS...Tony. I believe that there is something very profound to this Advatin/Nonduality stuff. I really do ... I am not playing mind games. However, I still can't help asking myself a rather silly question, "Are there any flowers after Moksha?" I think Dennis might say, "Of course, that was never the issue." Harsha too, probably, being a poet and all. But I'm not so sure about the more 'purist' Advaitins, such as yourself perhaps. How far does this apparent antipathy to form go? But if there are 'flowers', or the illusion of flowers, even after Moksha, then there is a world with sky, trees, people, etc. Or maybe I'm missing some essential point. So maybe that could be a month's topic: Are there flowers after Moksha? Or maybe that is too silly... Anyhow, I've got to go, since there is a big bad vyavaharic hurricane coming right at me! Hari Om! Benjamin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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