Guest guest Posted July 30, 2001 Report Share Posted July 30, 2001 From Four Pillars of Wisdom by Swami Ashokananda I am often faced with the objection that Vedanta is a fine religion as far as it goes, but that it cannot answer all the questions about ultimate reality. Now I ask, answer to whom? To children? They might be baldheaded and moustached, but they are children. What experience do they have? Sitting in their armchairs and speculating, they want to understand the profound mysteries of reality. No that is absurd. To such I would say, " The answer to your questions is not understandable by you now, but practise a little more, and your understanding will become stronger " . Children as you know are always asking inconvenient questions, they are a terror in that respect. All you can do is give them some pacifying answers and hope they will go to school and eventually be able to understand ...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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