aasiino duuram vrajati

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HARI AUM

 

The different levels of consciounesses are experiences. Furthering the levels of

consciouness is an activity done thru meditation. Silence is the atmosphere and

intellectualisation is futile and frustrating. In this journey the day is night

and vice versa. Talking is an activity at one level and 'Talking through' to a

higher level has very little chance. These pursuits may make sense if they are

with 'realised' souls but they seldom hang around in the precincts of internet.

One got to seek them and that too among the multitudes of similar looking

ascetics in the higher peaks of Himalayas. Once the student is ready 'Guru' will

appear.

 

But then, nothing shall stop the genuine seeker in his attempts.

 

The RigVeda 1.89.1 says: " Aa no bhadraah kratavo yantu vishvatah "

(Let noble thoughts come to us from everywhere)

 

Regards

 

Balagopal

 

NARAYANA NARAYANA NARAYANA

 

 

 

 

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--- On Wed, 8/13/08, balagopal ramakrishnan <rbalpal wrote:

 

.. One got to seek them and that too among the multitudes of similar looking

ascetics in the higher peaks of Himalayas. Once the student is ready 'Guru' will

appear.

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Shree Balagopal - PraNAms

 

I am reminded of Shankara's sloka

 

yogaratovA bhogaratovA

sangaratovA sanghavihiinaH|

yadat brahmani ramate chettam

nandati nadati nandatyeva||

 

One may be a yogi (sitting and contemplating) or one may be looking like bhogi

(working in downtown), one may be among the people and one may be in solitude

somewhere in Himalayas - it is not where he is and what he does - but where his

mind is - he who revels in Brahman all the time enjoying himself in the eternal

knowledge, is a realized soul - aatmanyeva aatmanaa tuShTaH.

 

Yes you are right if the mind is ready one will discover his guru who is

realized not necessarily in Himalayas but sometimes whereever the sadhak is. As

the statement goes - the flower need not go in search of a bee, it will come

when the flower is ready.

 

A mature student will discover his guru as the mind progresses in its

purification - that is the law.

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balagopal:

But then, nothing shall stop the genuine seeker in his attempts.

 

Sadananda: Provided one is very careful, vigilent and not the mind go hither and

thither.

kshurasya dhaara ..durgam pathanaat, kavayo vadanti - it is like razor-edge path

and one has to be extremely vigilent.

 

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The RigVeda 1.89.1 says: " Aa no bhadraah kratavo yantu vishvatah "

(Let noble thoughts come to us from everywhere)

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Yes - from every where and all the time so that there is no time for other

thoughts - hence Krishna says think of me without any other thought.

 

Hari Om!

Sadananda

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advaitin , " anupam srivatsav "

<anupam.srivatsav wrote:

>

> Dear Prof. Sri VK ji,

>

> Thanks a lot for the reply. I have gone through the lines between

211

> and 252. There in line 244, the entry goes like this:

>

> " 244. G: Scriptures say: The jIva which was one with the BMI,

> now goes back to the Self, during the sleep of the BMI. "

>

> My question is: When the Jiva goes back to the Self, it realizes its

> identity with Brahman. But, in Sushupti, it does not go back to the

> Self, I suppose. It goes back only to the Ishwara, where

unspecified

> ajnana is still present, whereas in the Self, no such ajnana is

> present.

>

> Can you please clarify this more?

 

 

 

Namaste Anupam-ji

 

There are probably more than one scriptural support for this. One of

them is below:

 

Shankara Bhashya to Br. U. IV – 3 – 23: (Swami Madhavananda's

translation)

(Last paragraph)

`There is not that second thing, the object, separate from it which

it can see, or perceive. Those things that caused the particular

visions (of the waking ande dream states), viz., the mind (with the

self behind it), the eyes and forms, were all presented by ig norance

as something different from the self. They are now unified in the

state of profound sleep, as the individual self has been

(*tad-etasmin-kAle ekI-bhUtaM. AtmanaH pareNa parishhvangAt*)

embraced by the Supreme Self. Only when the self is under limitation,

do the organs stand as something different to help it to particular

experience.. But it is now embraced by its own Supreme Self which is

Pure Intelligence and the Self of all, as a man is by hisbeloved

wife. (*ayaM tu svena sarvAtmanA samparishhvaktaH svena pareNa

prAjnena AtmanA priyayA iva purushhaH*).

 

Also you may refer to Shankara's commentary of the 5th mantra of

Mandukyopanishad: *sushhupta-sthAna ekIbhUtaH prajnAna-ghana eva

…..*.

 

Also you may read Sadaji's post #37355.

 

PraNAms to all advaitins.

profvk

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Dear Sri Prof ji,

Namaste.

 

Thanks for the pointers. I am trying to see the Br. Up. to understand

the point clearly. I just started learning Vedanta (started with

Vedanta Sara and then now doing Katha ). So, there are many

misconceptions. Thanks for bearing with me and giving me the

suggestions.

 

> Shankara Bhashya to Br. U. IV – 3 – 23: (Swami Madhavananda's

> translation)

 

Sri Sadananda ji also has done marvelous works in writing some good

articles. I am trying to look at the specific article now.

 

> Also you may read Sadaji's post #37355.

 

Hats off to the great scholars and all those who tried to help me in

this regard.

 

With regards,

Anupam.