Guest guest Posted June 1, 2001 Report Share Posted June 1, 2001 I am involved in marking Advanced level coursework on Hinduism. One of the important themes being explored is Advaita Vedanta. Let me share with you what one candidate wrote:- He was trying to present a balanced view between the different schools of philosophies and one of the criticism he posed for the advaiti that would bring a smile was:- " The Advaitis position begs the question: 'Then what are you doing here?' If you are God, what are you doing down here? Stay where you belong, in the realm of unclassified, undifferentiated. This is highly amusing though the Advaitis reply could be framed as " I am not here and neither are you " . There is a serious point to this. No doubt Advaita Vedanta is the final destination. We are all travellers going to that same destination, hence it is nice to know what the destination may look like - it may help us go faster! Still we should be fully aware of our serious limitations in trying to come to terms with Advaita. As long as we are 'here' we have to resort to and operate via the 'relative'. So a Ramana or a Vivekananda are a great help. The coursework I was marking was full of such humility... jay jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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