Fwd: Vdnism and other matters

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NonDualPhil , " Tony OClery " <aoclery>

wrote:

NonDualPhil , ombhurbhuva <ombhurbhuva@e...>

wrote:

> Hi Tony,

> In message 10686 you brought up the topic of Sathya Sai

Baba. Ah the

> plaintive note of the calliope! In #10691 you declared that you

only advert to him

> when his name is mentioned. In that case I must ask: which of you

is the

> replicant?

>

> What is a vdnist? One who s to vdnism? This is an

inelegant usage and

> besides is unpronouncible. If it is Vedanta you are on about, it

is obvious that

> you have no interest in it, as you show no sign of having read it

in any depth.

> Tony 3 please come in and adjudicate.

>

> Michael

 

Namaste,

 

As Sankara said 'Bhaja Govindam', so one's books are useless unless

one becomes 'Realised'.

 

Yes I referred to sb, partly because there several posts around on

him and his 'miracles' etc. And I personally regard not issuing a

warning now and again as a lapse in Ahimsa, as he is a dangerous

pedophile and conman. An impediment----That's as far as I go these

days.

 

http://home.hccnet.nl/cmg.vdsandt/The Secret Swami.wmv

 

Vndist is to me a word that was coined on the Harshasatsangh some

years ago. I cannot remember whether I personally made it into an

acronym or not, but it is very useful and saves a lot of argument

and explanation. Even your sai baba says that bookish knowledge is

not the way, and people are walking around as walking talking books.

 

Many people on these lists are vndists, as they have discovered the

intellectual stimulation of parroting and discussing non dualism

whithout actually having to do anything at all. Many of them think

that sadhana is typing, or they deny completely the efficacy of it.

Many are great philosophic quoters and have massed immense

knowledge, which in the end is avidya anyway. I'm not saying they

are completely on the wrong path, but they are on the first step not

the last as they imagine. In fact they are very useful in cutting

away the excess devotional take on things, which can sometimes be

confusing to some.

 

The results of whatever depth I have read in Vedanta are that it

never happened at all, and the ego is a fraud. Is there more to

learn than that? Or would you be impressed if I was a great vndist

and quoted reams of memorised philosophical quotes and

ideas?....ONS....Tony.

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