Guest guest Posted May 27, 1999 Report Share Posted May 27, 1999 Hi Mary Give our pranams to the residents of the St Louis Vedanta Society. I hope you will get many ideas for your talk from the list members. Here are some pointers, that may help. (1) Vedanta makes spirituality immediate (by pointing at divinity within). (2) This means 'God here and now' - not sitting in some heaven! (What you are looking for is already here and looking at you through all these many eyes!). (3) This idea of God here and now also translates to mean that this physical world is not a third party in this game but is also a manifestation of the same divinity. Hence Physical Sciences become very relevant - they too are a search of the divine! (4) 'One ultimate reality manifesting as many' gives a very sound basis for moral codes (At the moment many of the old moral codes are being re-examined and throw out!). (5) Idea 'divinity within' is highly vibrant and offers great self dignity and individual freedom. Spirituality is unshackled from many religious dogmas. regards jay --------- Mary Beth Flynn <mbflynn Ramakrishna <Ramakrishna > 25 May 1999 22:48 [ramakrishna] (no subject) >Mary Beth Flynn <mbflynn > >I was asked to give a 10-15 minute talk on What Vedanta Offers to the West. > Any comments/ideas? > > >------ >Where do some of the Internet's largest email lists reside? > >At ONElist - the most scalable and reliable service on the Internet. >------ >Sri Ramakrishnaye Namah >Vivekananda Centre London >http://www.btinternet.com/~vivekananda/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 1999 Report Share Posted May 27, 1999 Very Well Summarised Jay. On Thu, 27 May 1999, Vivekananda Centre wrote: > " Vivekananda Centre " <vivekananda > > Hi Mary > > Give our pranams to the residents of the St Louis Vedanta Society. > I hope you will get many ideas for your talk from the list members. > Here are some pointers, that may help. > > (1) Vedanta makes spirituality immediate (by pointing at divinity within). > (2) This means 'God here and now' - not sitting in some heaven! > (What you are looking for is already here and looking at you through all > these many eyes!). > (3) This idea of God here and now also translates to mean that this physical > world is not a third party in this game but is also a manifestation of the > same divinity. Hence Physical Sciences become very relevant - they too are a > search of the divine! > (4) 'One ultimate reality manifesting as many' gives a very sound basis for > moral codes (At the moment many of the old moral codes are being re-examined > and throw out!). > (5) Idea 'divinity within' is highly vibrant and offers great self dignity > and individual freedom. Spirituality is unshackled from many religious > dogmas. > > regards > jay > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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