Guest guest Posted June 26, 1999 Report Share Posted June 26, 1999 Shankar <shankar Please forward my gratefulness to Vidya for sending us an extract from 'Sri Ramakrishna, the Great Master' on the vision granted by Him to Hriday near Panchavati to give him a glimpse of His Divinity. Frequent recurrences of such extracts will produce an atmosphere of true Satsang in the internet, as longed for by you. ============ Sri Ramakrishna and the Upanishads-2 The Upanishads embody the knowledge portion of the Vedas. One of the chief methods of knowledge is discrimination. Sri Ramakrishna speaks of two kinds of discrimination in His Gospel. The first one is that of the devotees of God, following the Path of Supreme Devotion to God. The devotees repeatedly discriminate inwardly that,- (i) God alone is Real and all else is unreal, and (ii) they are not the real doers, but are only instruments in the Hands of God, who alone is the Real Doer. The second one is that of the Vedantins following the Path of Self-Enquiry. The Vedantins constantly discriminate inwardly that,- (i) The Supreme Self alone is Real and all else is unreal, and (ii) they are not the real doers, since they are one with the Supreme Self, who is the Eternal Non-Doer. The former type of discrimination Thakur prescribes as appropriate for householders, who have fallen prey to lust and greed and who cannot give up their all for the sake of spiritual pursuits. The second type of discrimination Thakur prescribes as appropriate for the all-renouncing monks. He further adds that in this Dark Age, when human beings are heavily dependent on food and are inevitably overpowered by body-consciousness, the method of Supreme Devotion to God preached by Sage Narada, as Ideal for both monks and householders alike. It is clear that even otherwise, the quality of discrimination is the same in both the methods and the intensity of discrimination demanded is the highest in both the methods. Shankar <shankar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 1999 Report Share Posted June 27, 1999 Dear Jay Thank you very much for all your e-mails. I am just sharing my understanding of the Great Sayings of Thakur. It does not really matter whether the same is added to the website or sent to the mail-list members. Kind regards. Vivekananda Centre <vivekananda Om lala <Vidya123; onelist <ramakrishna > Saturday, June 26, 1999 11:25 PM [ramakrishna] Mesg from Botswana > " Vivekananda Centre " <vivekananda > >Shankar <shankar > >Please forward my gratefulness to Vidya for sending us an extract from 'Sri >Ramakrishna, the Great Master' on the vision granted by Him to Hriday near >Panchavati to give him a glimpse of His Divinity. > >Frequent recurrences of such extracts will produce an atmosphere of true >Satsang in the internet, as longed for by you. > >============ > >Sri Ramakrishna and the Upanishads-2 >The Upanishads embody the knowledge portion of the Vedas. One of the chief >methods of knowledge is discrimination. > >Sri Ramakrishna speaks of two kinds of discrimination in His Gospel. > >The first one is that of the devotees of God, following the Path of Supreme >Devotion to God. The devotees repeatedly discriminate inwardly that,- >(i) God alone is Real and all else is unreal, and >(ii) they are not the real doers, but are only instruments in the Hands of >God, who alone is the Real Doer. > >The second one is that of the Vedantins following the Path of Self-Enquiry. >The Vedantins constantly discriminate inwardly that,- >(i) The Supreme Self alone is Real and all else is unreal, and >(ii) they are not the real doers, since they are one with the Supreme >Self, who is the Eternal Non-Doer. > >The former type of discrimination Thakur prescribes as appropriate for >householders, who have fallen prey to lust and greed and who cannot give up >their all for the sake of spiritual pursuits. > >The second type of discrimination Thakur prescribes as appropriate for the >all-renouncing monks. > >He further adds that in this Dark Age, when human beings are heavily >dependent on food and are inevitably overpowered by body-consciousness, the >method of Supreme Devotion to God preached by Sage Narada, as Ideal for both >monks and householders alike. > >It is clear that even otherwise, the quality of discrimination is the same >in both the methods and the intensity of discrimination demanded is the >highest in both the methods. > >Shankar <shankar > > >--------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- > >Attention ONElist list owners. > >We've just added a " NO ATTACHMENTS " option. See homepage for details. > >------ >Sri Ramakrishnaye Namah >Vivekananda Centre London >http://www.btinternet.com/~vivekananda/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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