Diving For Pearls

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Dr. Shah raises some good points here. It's important

to pick one path and stick with it. A great teacher

said:

 

" If you want to hit oil, you have to pick one place

and dig DEEP. You can't keep moving around and digging

shallow wells everywhere- you'll never hit oil! "

 

Sri Ramakrishna says:

 

" How do you expect to get the pearls at the bottom of

the ocean if you don't dive deep! You can't just

splash about on the surface. "

 

Of course this list is dedicated to the teachings of

Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda. This doesn't

mean that we can't appreciate the teachings of other

teachers or paths- but our primary focus should be on

THEIR teachings. Nobody, before or after, has made

these eternal truths more accessible then these two

masters (hey- I love MY Mommy the best!!)

 

 

--- c s shah <drcssha wrote:

> Some of the questions this group is getting point to

> the widespread

> misconception about Hinduism and Hindu religious

> beliefs. The problem is

> the list members belong to diverse opinions and

> faiths.

>

> Moreover, Hinduism is vast and in fact superficially

> very confusing. It

> has many apparent defects as it is equated only with

> caste system, image

> worship, and rituals and ceremonies. Moreover, it is

> difficult to find

> links and make any sense of various old and upcoming

> Hindu sects and

> faiths. Therefore, it is not possible, I think, to

> reconcile varied

> doubts and curiosities of many list members by

> e-mail communication. It

> would be advantageous for many members if they see

> someone well versed

> in scriptures and Indian philosophical thought

> personally acquiring

> first hand knowledge from such enlightened person.

>

> Secondly, it is absolutely essential to have faith

> or loyalty (nishtha)

> to one sect only. By way of comparative study

> literature and books of

> other sects may be read later. First essential thing

> is to get some

> measure of understanding about one sect that appeals

> to the aspirant

> most.

>

> Thus, ISKCON and Ramakrishna Mission, Swadhyaya and

> SSY, Vaishnava and

> Shaiva, Shakta and Vedantins would never have the

> same analysis and

> opinions, although everyone would be talking of the

> same Gita and the

> Upanishads!

>

> Spirituality is a science; and religion is its

> technological fall out.

> It is necessary to grasp the basic science at least

> in some degree

> first.

>

> c s shah

> http://www.neovedanta.org

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