Guest guest Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Beyond yoga (Continued) > The main object or central teaching of systems like the Vedas is that > Brahman is real and that the world and all other things are unreal. But all sorts of aspirants have to be appealed to, the dull and the sharp alike. To enable the dull to follow the central teaching, a graded > cosmogony is given: Brahman begetting prakriti, (nature) followed by > mahat-tattvam (the projected light of the Absolute Consciousness > manifesting as ego) and then the tanmatras, the elements, the world and the > body in succession. To the sharp intelligence of other aspirants, the Vedas > say that it is by the clouding of the Self by avarana, or a covering of > ignorance, that this dream-like illusory or phenomenal world appears. In Reality the Self is not covered. It only appears to be covered to the eye > of those who believe that they arc the body. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > From the book, "Conscious Immortality" by Paul Brunton and Munagala > Venkataramiah, published by Sri Ramanasramam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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