Guest guest Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 Teachings of Swami Vivekananda Brahman is one, but is at the same time appearing to us as many, on the relative plane. Name and form are at the root of this relativity. For instance, what do you find when you abstract name and form for a jar? Only earth, which is its essence. Similarly, through delusion you are thinking of and seeing a jar, a cloth, a monastery and so on. The phenomenal world depends on this nescience which obstructs knowledge and which has no real existence. One sees variety such as wife, children, body, mind--only in the world created by nescience by means of name and form. As soon as this nescience is removed, the realization of Brahman which eternally exists is the result. (VII. 163) Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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