Guest guest Posted February 25, 2003 Report Share Posted February 25, 2003 December 17, 1935 Mr. P. Brunton, while reading Upadesa Manjari, came across the statement that the ego, the world, and God are all unreal. He desired to use a different word for God or at least a qualifying adjective, e.g, the Creative Force or personal God. Sri Bhagavan explained that God means Samashti, i.e, all that is plus the Be-ing, and the "world" means the variety plus Being. The Being is in all cases real. the all, the variety, and the individual is in each case unreal. So also in the union of the real and the unreal, the mixing up or the false identification is wrong. It amounts to saying sad-asad-vilakshana, i.e., transcending the real and the unreal - sat and asat. Reality is that which transcends all concepts, including that of God. Inasmuch as the name of God is used, it cannot be true. The Hebrew word Jehova (I Am) expresses God correctly. Absolute Being is beyond expression. The word cannot be replace nor need it be replaced. .......................... ----------- taken from ------------------------------ Talks with Ramana Maharshi , InnerDirections Publishing , 2000 page 80 ------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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