Duality or Non-Duality

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Duality is essential to reach the goal i.e. non-dual Brahman, the

Timeless and the Formless. Sadhana is possible only in a state of

duality. Once one attains to the state of non-dual, no Sadhana is

necessary. God Bless All.

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, radhakutir <no_reply> wrote:

> Duality is essential to reach the goal i.e. non-dual Brahman, the

> Timeless and the Formless. Sadhana is possible only in a state of

> duality. Once one attains to the state of non-dual, no Sadhana is

> necessary. God Bless All.

Radhakutir, your approach to the duality via-a-vis nonduality is

very correct and shows that your vision is not illusioned by Mayavic

manifestation of the Divine. But, one has to keep in mind that though

the goal of every Sadhak is ONE, Sadhna may differ. To be more

specific means may differ provided ends are understood. Many Bhakti

Margies feel it easy to percieve the Divine as an "objective" rather

than "subjective"; and they too are on the Path. So, is it not best

to agree(mentally) to the fanous definition of Divine as given by Ish-

Upnishad..."Neti Neti...etc.". I mean to say that niether Duality is

essential to reach the goal nor the Duality is nonessential to reach

the goal. Two basic essentialities are 1.True Aspiration from below

(sadhak's end and 2.Divine Grace to descend for answering it.

love

Satish

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Thank you radhakutir for your lovely post. This reminds me of one of

the teachings I read long ago. ( I don't remember which saint's

teachings it is, or in which book I read. So i'm writing the

teachings in my own words)

 

If there is a very dirty brass vessel, washing it straightaway in

water will do no good. It'll only help the dirt settle more firmly

onto the vessel.

To remove the dirt, one must first wipe the vessel with mud. The mud

thro' its abrasive quality removes all the dirt. After washing the

vessel off the mud, one needs to rub tamarind against it to give it

the lustre, and only finally pour water and wash it to have a clean

and sparkling vessel. Pouring water in the beginning w/o removing the

dirt is no good.

 

Similarly, we have accrued a lot of bad vasanas in us over the past

births. Taking to the path of Jnana straightaway will do no good. We

need to first rid ourselves of the bad inherent tendencies by

undertaking the path of Karma Yoga. Once we are relatively clean, we

can proceed to the path of Bhakthi Yoga, which eventually paves the

way to Jnana Yoga. This procees may not be a ONE lifetime process.

It may involve many births depending on one's sincerity and

perseverence.

 

Thus Duality is indeed necessary when we are new to the path of

spirituality and sadhna, as concentrating on nothing is impossible.

Getting rid of the 'I' thought w/o knowing who the 'I' is, is

impossible. Thus duality is necessary in the beginning, which will

later pave the way to non-duality.

 

Hari Aum !!!

 

, radhakutir <no_reply> wrote:

> Duality is essential to reach the goal i.e. non-dual Brahman, the

> Timeless and the Formless. Sadhana is possible only in a state of

> duality. Once one attains to the state of non-dual, no Sadhana is

> necessary. God Bless All.