Guest guest Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 wHAT IS THE REASON BEHIND sRI sANKARA BHAGAVATPUJYAPA;DA'S INCLUSION OF WOMEN as not sensitive to the truth and not men IN Sri Dakshinamurthy Sthothram ? Thank U B On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 pjoshi99 wrote : >Hari Om. > >------------------- >advaitin, "adi_shakthi16" ><adi_shakthi16> wrote: > > > what more can this 'abala' ask ! >------------------- >Dear AdiMa ji, >Namaskar. > >I have something that I want to share with you in this regard. >Something that I learnt (still working at it actually..)from my >experience. > >I realised that my identification as a 'woman' gets fattened by >repeated brooding on the thought that 'I am a woman'. This brooding >happens by reacting to anything as a 'woman'. The moment somebody >says something about 'woman' I identify and react. Any chance I get >I remind myself of my 'womanhood' either feel proud about it or feel >sorry for myself. I realised this to be a serious impediment on the >spiritual path where we seek to see 'vision of oneness'. (As a >matter of fact, as I type this I have awareness inside that even >this act of 'reacting to your email' is due to this identification >with 'womanhood'.)Let me tell you that I didn't come to this >realisation by myself. I got some help by God's grace. > >One day I was attending a lecture from a very well known Swamiji of >Chinmaya Mission. I was sitting in the very first row, right in >front of Swamiji. While explaining something Swamiji suddently >pointed at me and asked me >"Tell me, are you a 'wife' first or a 'woman' first?" >I said "I am a woman first." >He then asked "Are you a 'woman' first or a 'human' first?" >I said "I am a human first." >He then asked "Are you a 'human being' first or a 'living being' >first?" >I said "I am a living being." >Then suddenly he pointed at all the audience and said loudly to >me "SO IS EVERYBODY ELSE HERE !" > >This statement came like a shock to me. Really everybody is living- >being only and I am also a living-being. One with them. I felt such >oneness and peace at that moment. After this I have awareness of >this problem with me and working at it, so thought I will share it >with you. > >Adimaji, you are very learned and I am not. So please forgive and >ignore my words if you find them to be immature. > >Love and Respect, >Padma > > > > > > > > >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 > > > Links > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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