Guest guest Posted July 31, 2003 Report Share Posted July 31, 2003 This message has been posted by Aham .It is a question posed by a Devotee to ramana reported in the opening chapter of the Sat Darshana by K . > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > VICHARA (INQUIRY AS AN EARNEST QUEST) AND THE GRACE > > QUESTIONER: I can then dispense with outside help and by my own effort get > into the deeper truth by myself. > > SRI BHAGAVAN: Yes, of course. But the very fact that you are possessed of > the quest of the Self is a manifestation of the Divine Grace. It is > effulgent in the Heart, the inner being, the Real Self. It draws you from > within. You have to attempt to get in from without. Your attempt is > Vichara (earnest quest), the deep inner movement is Grace. That is why I > say there is no real Vichara without Grace, nor is there Grace active for > him who is without Vichara. Both are necessary. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ______________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Messenger http://uk.messenger./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2003 Report Share Posted October 16, 2003 > > > > INTRODUCTION TO > > COMMENTARY ON THE PERCEPTION OF TRUTH > > (SAT-DARSHANA BHASHYA) > > > > > > I. > > ON NON-DUALITY > > > > "Existence alone was in the beginning,All this verily is Brahman," > > "Purusha is all this, what has been and what has to be." All these > > preceding similar scriptural texts and the ones which follow, below, are > > well known passages of the Upanishads, and point to the material cause of > > "all this," the universe, as the sole self-existent conscious Purusha1, who > > as pure Existence is termed Sat (existence), and as world-existence or > > Brahman. > > > > Note - [The world is a formation of the substance which is termed pure > > Existence, pure in the sense of its absolute independence of the particular > > forms in which it finds a certain expression. "All this" therefore is > > Brahman, the one Existence-in-Substance; and this Existence, the > > substantial truth, is not without relation to its own forms of expression. > > It is Purusha, the Spirit, the Consciousness, that is all this; what has > > become and what has yet to become.] > > > ______________________ > Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE > Messenger http://mail.messenger..co.uk > ______________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Messenger http://mail.messenger..co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.