Guest guest Posted November 4, 2003 Report Share Posted November 4, 2003 > INTRODUCTION TO > COMMENTARY ON THE PERCEPTION OF TRUTH > (SAT-DARSHANA BHASHYA) (Cont'd) > This is from T.V.Kapali Satriar's extensive commentary on the Forty Verses written under the supervision of Ganapati Muni and approved for publication by Sri Bhagavan I. > ON NON-DUALITY[Cont'd] > > But, like the clay of the pot, it is the Divine Existence, nameless and > formless in itself, that is the material, the root-substance, of which all > this is a form, and hence that is the substantial and primal truth of "all > this." Thus, there is no real opposition between these two aspects (the > substantial and the formal) of the same truth. It is evident then that it > is both futile and false to affirm that the substantial truth alone of the > world-being (the Absolute, Brahman) is real, and that the formal aspect of > Brahman as the world is unreal. Both the aspects, the formless and the > formed (in Sanskrit, Nirguna and Saguna), are not only NOT contradictory, > but together give a complete understanding of the truth of existence as it > is. ______________________ 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...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2003 Report Share Posted November 5, 2003 Yes dear friends, That's exactly the way I feel. Love, michael --- Alan Jacobs <alanadamsjacobs wrote: > > > > INTRODUCTION TO > > COMMENTARY ON THE PERCEPTION OF TRUTH > > (SAT-DARSHANA BHASHYA) > (Cont'd) > > > This is from T.V.Kapali Satriar's extensive > commentary on the Forty Verses written under the > supervision of Ganapati Muni and approved for > publication by Sri Bhagavan > > I. > > > ON NON-DUALITY[Cont'd] > > > > But, like the clay of the pot, it is the Divine > Existence, nameless and > > formless in itself, that is the material, the > root-substance, of which all > > this is a form, and hence that is the substantial > and primal truth of "all > > this." Thus, there is no real opposition between > these two aspects (the > > substantial and the formal) of the same truth. It > is evident then that it > > is both futile and false to affirm that the > substantial truth alone of the > > world-being (the Absolute, Brahman) is real, and > that the formal aspect of > > Brahman as the world is unreal. Both the aspects, > the formless and the > > formed (in Sanskrit, Nirguna and Saguna), are not > only NOT contradictory, > > but together give a complete understanding of the > truth of existence as it > > is. > > > ______________________ > Want to chat instantly with your online friends? > Get the FREE > Messenger http://mail.messenger..co.uk > Protect your identity with Mail AddressGuard http://antispam./whatsnewfree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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