Guest guest Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 advaitin , " Mouna " <maunna wrote: > > " Sitara " <smitali17@> wrote: > > > > Some masters were quite unlucky in that respect, I guess Jesus was one > of them, he got disciples with very limited abilities. > > Dear SitaraJi, > > Have you read " The Gospel of Thomas " ?, that wonderful " non-dual " piece > of literature? or some of St Augustin's Confessions?, or Master Eckhart? > without speaking about the Gospels (Jesus' disciples works, presumably) > if one really " understands " them? > > The teachings of Jesus are quite allright and were passed also quite > allright up to these days through certain " channels " by qualified > disciples, otherwise they couldn't have survived. Yes, they survived, if > one doesn't encounter them is a different story (you might enjoy seeing > a wonderful film called " Into the Silence " about some cisternian french > monks and their sadhana). > > As with many " traditions " (including Advaita, Buddhism, etc) , what > holds back a real teaching, is the lack of preparation and inability of > the masses to grasp the " essence " of it (maybe initiated by un-qualified > disciples, granted), and since the power is usually in their hands (the > masses), " institutions " start flowering around that focus mainly in the > literal level (or first steps) of such teachings, > churches/faiths/philosophies of all kinds loosing the actual meaning of > the actual teaching. > Under this optic, all Masters were unlucky, and yes, specially Jesus, > Buddha and Shankara! > > At the present, there is no tradition that I know of that didn't fall > into this trap, and why? very simple, the actual teaching (of every > Master) gets mixed with the intricasies of Mind and Ahamkara, giving > birth to theocracies of all kinds, panditism, occultism, etc... > > Fortunately, there is always an undercurrrent of understanding that > survives this process (because it was passed along through qualified > hands) and some of more recent teachers (of the christian tradition, > buddhists, advaitins/vedantins, khabbala, sufis, islam, etc...) are > starting to reveal the Unity and the inner/inter-connection between > Teachings, because they start to see the moon and not arguing about the > validity of the different fingers pointing at it. > > I and the Father are One --- Aham Brahmasmi --- Atman = Paramatman. > > Yours in Bhagavan, > Mouna > Namaste, Here is my treatment of the GThomas from some years ago...Tony. http://www.geocities.com/aoclery/Jesusbook/GospelofThomas.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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