re:wisdom

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Life is a learning process, and we keep making mistakes _ small and big. Wisdom

is learning from these mistakes and avoid doing it again.

 

Mental equanimity even in times of extreme stress and sorrow is also wisdom. We

must keep in mind He will never let us down totally. Wisdom is considering such

setbacks which lead to stress and sorrow (like someone dear to you falling ill)

as part of Maya, and doing your karma.

 

Another defenition of wisdom may be doing your job without thinking of how you

are going to benefit from it. If your family or the organisation you work

benefits from your activities more than you do, and you are glad about it, it is

wisdom.

 

R. Dinakaran

 

JAIRAM SESHADRI asks:

 

So what does wisdom entail?

 

May i ask members for their

input...definitions of what wisdom is...? i suppose each one of us can

and will come up with their own version or versions, but i do believe

we can group these definitions/versions into more generalised headings

which can act as sign posts in our daily lives...

 

i do not know if anybody is interested in this topic (which i

feel is critical, for after the whole goal of religion is

to acquire wisdom...which must necessarily be practical in our daily

lives...)

 

so i shall wait for your response... i would nice to hear what your

feelings are on the matter

 

 

On Wisdom:

 

" The quality or state of being wise; knoweledge and experience

together with ability " , according to the dictionary.

 

The object of Religion, and indeed the

object of life itself, is to acquire enough wisdom, in

order to fulfill the purpose of life, which is, the

realization of God.

 

The Master said [in His Wisdom]: " God cannot be realized through

scholarship. Who, indeed, can understand the things of the Spririt

through reason ? No, all should strive for devotion to the

Lotus Feet of God. "

[Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna p.183]

 

" Bhakti is the essential thing ! "

 

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