Guest guest Posted October 13, 1999 Report Share Posted October 13, 1999 (translator - Swami Chetanananda) I am not the cosmic principles. I am that selfsame Reality, which is devoid of inference and reason, and free from subject and object. How can I know my Self? (comments) Cosmic principles - According to Sankhya cosmology there are twenty-four cosmic principles: 1. Prakriti (primordial nature) 2. Mahat (cosmic intelligence) 3. Ahamkara (the ego-sense) 4. Manas (the mind) 5-9. Five organ of perception (hearing, touch, sight taste, and smell) 10-14. Five organs of action (tongue, hands, feet, and the organs of evacuation and generation) 15-19. Five tanmatras (sound-potential, touch-potential, sight-potential, taste potential, and smell-potential 20-24. Five gross elements (space, air, fire, water, and earth) Know my Self - A knower of Brahman destroys the idea of duality, which originates from ignorance. At that time who will see whom? Who will know whom? Cf. Max Planck: " Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because in the last analysis, we ourselves are part of nature and therefore part of the mystery we are trying to solve. The most penetrating eye cannot see itself any more than a working instrument can work itself. " (Where is Science going?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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