Guest guest Posted February 12, 2003 Report Share Posted February 12, 2003 D. Who is this "I" ? It seems to be only a continuum of sense impressions . The Buddhist idea seems to be so , too. Maharshi: The world is not external. The impressions cannot have an outer origin, because the world can be cognized only by consciousness. The world does not say it exists; it is your impression. Even so, this impression is not consistent and not unbroken. In deep sleep, the world is not cognized; and so it does not exist for a sleeping man. Therefore, the world is the sequence of the ego. Find out the ego. The finding of its source is the final goal. D. I beleive that we should not inflict suffering on other lives. Should we then endure the mosquito bite and submit to it, also? M. You do not like to suffer yourself. How can you inflict suffering on others? Just keep off mosquitoes since you suuffer by their stings. D. Is it right that we kill other lives, e.g, mosquitoes, bugs? M. Everyone is a suicide. The eternal, blissful, and natural state has been smothered by this life of ignorance. In this way, the present life is due to the killing of the eternal, pristine Being. Is it not a case of suicide? So then, everyone is a suicide. Why worry about murders and killings? ................ to be continued ----------- taken from ------------------------------ Talks with Ramana Maharshi , InnerDirections Publishing , 2000 page 44-45 ------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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