Faith, Being and Vivekachudamani

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In advaitin , ombhurbhuva <ombhurbhuva wrote that the

previous way was a mistake.

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> Also I don't think I mentioned mAyA, did I? mAyA is just as much mithyA as

> the world that we claim as the 'caused appearance'. It is all just an

> interim teaching until we can see the full picture.

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> Best wishes,

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> Dennis

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> All those words that you use illusion/delusion, real/unreal are drawn from

> your experience on the everyday plane. Have you any rational grounds for

> the transference of these polar concepts to a plane which is beyond

> experience. If you haven't, are you not open to the charge that what you

> are making is a counter-intuitive assertion that is wholly a matter of

> faith? By the way is the flight to such assertions about illusion not the

> basis for the mayavadin sneer? In any case the immediate appeal to the

> Maya Doctrine is not the recourse of Shankara particularly in Upa.Sah. and

> B.S.B. From an examination of the nature of knowledge and knowing we are

> led to a view that suggests unrestricted being and consciousness.

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> Dear Dennis,

> If all there were to this path were faith and a handful of analogies a

> pamphlet would cover it all and we could all go home to tea. However it

> is not even though it would be a great saving of mental energy, banana

> leaves and paper. If you read Chap.II of Upa.Sah. you will find that the

> disciple questions the assertion of the teacher and requires that the

> knots of Vedic wisdom be teased apart and the line of coherent rational

> explication of the concepts of identity and awareness be made clear.

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> Best Wishes,

> Michael.

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Namaste,

 

Teasing the threads, peeling the onion, are all the same terminology of neti

neti really.........All concepts need to be dropped including the concept that

we are a person or one of the 5 kosas..as Sankara points out in the

Vivekachudamani. It is not a matter of 'Aham Brahmasmi', but of 'Who am

I'...Cheers Tony.