Krishna Menon Dialogue on Impersonal Consciousness with Amanda Wood

[Guest guest]

Moderator's Note: The following link provides all the discussions:

http://www.advaitin.net/Ananda/

 

 

Please direct me as to how I can locate the discussion commentary

provided by Ananda Wood,regarding Atmananda Krishna Menon during Nov -

Dec 2003. I am at a critical place with this inquiry and the excerpts

Dennis has posted on his website have helped immensely. How do I

access the rest of the discourse?

 

Thank you for your guidance.

[Guest guest]

Dear Chris :

 

May i also plese direct you to the following link :

 

http://www.advaitin.net/Ananda/Notes_linked.pdf

 

PLEASE READ THIS!

 

On devotion to a living Guru

acaryavan puruso veda

Chandogya Upanishad, 6.14.2

This means: `He who is blessed with a Karana-guru alone knows the

Truth.'

The following Malayalam verse is the instruction of Shri Atmananda to

the few

earnest aspirants of Truth, as to how and when they should direct and

express their

sense of deep devotion.

bodham yatorupadhimulam udayam ceyto, bhajikkentatum

pujikkentatum ullaliññatineyam zridezikopadhiyay`,

ellam satguruvam upadhi macayunnerattatallate

kantanyopadhiyil avidham bhramam udiccidat irunnitanam .

Shri Atmananda, Atmaramam, 1.34

`That particular person through whom one had the proud privilege of

being enlightened,

that is the only form which one may adore and do puja to, to one's

heart's

content, as the person of one's Guru. It is true that all is the Sat-

guru, but only when

the name and form disappear and not otherwise. Therefore, the true

aspirant should

beware of being deluded into any similar devotional advances towards

any other

form, be it of God or of man.'

This is confirmed by Shri Atmananda's letter on the subject, as

translated on page

474.

And it is further confirmed by Shri Shankara's bold proclamation, often

quoted in

this volume.

jivo na 'ham deziko 'ktya zivo 'ham ..

Shri Shankara, Advaita-pancaratnam, 1.2

`By the word of my Guru, I am not jiva (the personal life principle).

But I am Peaceultimate.'

(God being comprehended as `samasti-jiva' – the aggregate of all jivas –

and as the highest concept of the human mind.)

(Nitya Tripta)

 

LOVE AND REGARDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

-- In advaitin , " chebard " <chris.hebard wrote:

>

> Moderator's Note: The following link provides all the discussions:

> http://www.advaitin.net/Ananda/

>

>

> Please direct me as to how I can locate the discussion commentary

> provided by Ananda Wood,regarding Atmananda Krishna Menon during Nov -

> Dec 2003. I am at a critical place with this inquiry and the excerpts

> Dennis has posted on his website have helped immensely. How do I

> access the rest of the discourse?

>

> Thank you for your guidance.

>

[Guest guest]

Dear All :

 

A very learned member off list wanted to know where the beautiful

Malayalam Slokam (bodham yatorupadhimulam udayam ceyto,

bhajikkentatum)on Guru Mahima was taken from - i thought it was

obvious - it was taken from the link provided in that post

 

http://www.advaitin.net/Ananda/Notes_linked.pdf

 

chris , incidentally , that link also will provide you all the notes

from Sri Atmanandaji's talks from 1950 etc etc ..

 

Sri Atmanandaji did not like 'publicity' of any kind - so those of

you who are really interested in learning about Sri Atmanandaji or

his teachings use the Google search engine or approach sri sri

Anandaji , his disciple , who is also one of the moderators of this

list.

 

Thank you so much

 

 

-- In advaitin , " dhyanasaraswati "

<dhyanasaraswati wrote:

>

> Dear Chris :

>

> May i also plese direct you to the following link :

>

> http://www.advaitin.net/Ananda/Notes_linked.pdf

>

> PLEASE READ THIS!

>

> On devotion to a living Guru

> acaryavan puruso veda

> Chandogya Upanishad, 6.14.2

> This means: `He who is blessed with a Karana-guru alone knows the

> Truth.'

> The following Malayalam verse is the instruction of Shri Atmananda

to

> the few

> earnest aspirants of Truth, as to how and when they should direct

and

> express their

> sense of deep devotion.

> bodham yatorupadhimulam udayam ceyto, bhajikkentatum

> pujikkentatum ullaliññatineyam zridezikopadhiyay`,

> ellam satguruvam upadhi macayunnerattatallate

> kantanyopadhiyil avidham bhramam udiccidat irunnitanam .

> Shri Atmananda, Atmaramam, 1.34

>