Faith, Doubt and Certainty- sever the knot of the Heart!

[Guest guest]

hi michael and bill and all believers !

 

i think now we are speaking the same language ...

 

Language of the Heart...

 

i would like to share with you some nice quotations on this

subject...

 

 

"bhidyate hRdaya granthiz

chidyante sarva saMzayAH

kSIyante cAsya karmANi

mayi dRSTe 'khilAtmani."

 

(Bhagavatam 11.24.30)

 

Lord Himself says -

 

'When the devotee sees Me (realizes Me), the Self of ALL, the

material KNOT (body, mind, intellect, EGO) of his HEART breaks to

PIECES, all his doubts of avidya, ignorance are dispelled, and

all the accumulated karmas of the past as well as the future are

destroyed.

 

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"bhidyate hRdaya granthiz

chidyante sarva saMzayAH

kSIyante cAsya karmANi

tasmin dRSTe parAvare."

 

(Mundaka Upanshad 1.2.8)

 

 

 

When the Self Which is BOTH High and Low, is REALIZED, the material

KNOT (body, mind, intellect, EGO) of his HEART breaks into pieces,

all his doubts of avidya (ignorance) are solved, and all the

accumulated karmas of the past as well as the future are dissipated

 

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"yathA nadyaH syandamAnAH samudre 'staM

gacchanti nAmarUpe vihAya,

tathA vidvAn nAmarUpAd vimuktaH

parAtparaM puruSam upaiti divyam"

 

(Mundaka Upanishad 3.2.8)

 

'As rivers, flowing down, become indistinguishable on reaching the

sea by GIVING UP their NAMES, FORMS,

so also the ILLUMINED soul, having become freed from name and form,

REACHES the Self-effulgent Divine Purusha, that is HIGHER than the

higher (Maya).

 

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"sa yo ha vai tat paramaM brahma veda

brahmaiva bhavati nAsyA brahma vitkule bhavati,

tarati zokaM tarati pApmAnaM

guhAgranthibhyo vimukto 'mRto bhavati"

 

(Mundaka Upanishad 3.2.9)

 

'Anyone who realizes that Supreme BraHman becomes braHman indeed.

Anyone who does NOT realize Brahman DOES NOT exist in His spiritual

Line.

He OVERCOMES grief, and RAISES above aberrations ; and becoming FREED

from the DEEP KNOTS of the HEART (created by Avidya, ignorance), he

attains IMMORTALITY.'

 

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When the knot of the heart is severed,

so all doubts are cut away;

and karmas, actions, and intentions

- past, present and future -

are destroyed when one sees

the Supreme Self from within.

 

- The Kularnava Tantra

 

(source- pyari_hari- Divine_lovers)

 

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Hari AUM TAT SAT!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

advaitin, ombhurbhuva <ombhurbhuva@e...> wrote:

> Namaste Adi-ji and Bill,

>

> Bill you ask:

> What kind of faith are you talking about?

> Certainty is of the mind.

> To me faith is of the heart.

> Faith means that the heart is firm in where it is going,

> even if the mind keeps asking, "Why?"

> The affirmation of the importance of faith

> is the affirmation of the importance of following

> one's heart.

>

> These are just my sentiments too, following a 'path with heart' is

vital. The parable of the seed

> strikes home especially at this time of the year. Faith is a

tender plant at first and it needs

> minding. Metaphoric fertiliser, compost, watering and weeding.

There are even the companion

> plants which enhance each others growth and don't forget the

marigold as a protecting plant. They

> are used in garlands in India (orange African marigolds). When I

cut them and crush the foliage

> I am back in the flower hall of Bangalore City Market.

>

> As you follow the path with heart signs are given to you which are

not cooly rationally logically

> objective. Evidence for yourself is not public but it's more

than enough to be going on.

>

> Best Wishes, Michael