Guest guest Posted September 6, 2001 Report Share Posted September 6, 2001 - " Prashanth Godrehal " <gprasha <Ramakrishna > Thursday, September 06, 2001 05:23 [ramakrishna] Re: evolution > > Greetings, > > Thank you all for explaing the Swamiji's view about > Evolution. It certainly cleared some of my doubts. > > But is the Darwin's evolution can be extended to > Spiritual Evolution. In the human race we can see some > people are more spiritual than the others. Can we say > these spiritual people are more evolved than the rest > of people or is it that these people have become > spiritual because of there past Karmas. ~~~~~~~~~response~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Swami Vivekananda has said - the destination for all living things is the same..... realizing our unity with the divine. Evolution is an unfolding process towards this goal. The final twist is very interesting..... we recognise that the infinite trying to express itself through the finite is not possible! jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 6, 2001 Report Share Posted September 6, 2001 Vivekananda i think i read as saying .. " what gautama Budha is the 25 budha on earth " ..it means that he had got that enlightenment and growth after so many births ..I think it may answer ur question to certain extent Vivekananda Centre [vivekananda] Thursday, September 06, 2001 2:58 PM Ramakrishna Re: [ramakrishna] Re: evolution - " Prashanth Godrehal " <gprasha <Ramakrishna > Thursday, September 06, 2001 05:23 [ramakrishna] Re: evolution > > Greetings, > > Thank you all for explaing the Swamiji's view about > Evolution. It certainly cleared some of my doubts. > > But is the Darwin's evolution can be extended to > Spiritual Evolution. In the human race we can see some > people are more spiritual than the others. Can we say > these spiritual people are more evolved than the rest > of people or is it that these people have become > spiritual because of there past Karmas. ~~~~~~~~~response~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Swami Vivekananda has said - the destination for all living things is the same..... realizing our unity with the divine. Evolution is an unfolding process towards this goal. The final twist is very interesting..... we recognise that the infinite trying to express itself through the finite is not possible! jay Sri Ramakrishnaye Namah Vivekananda Centre London http://www.vivekananda.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 7, 2001 Report Share Posted September 7, 2001 Ofcourse there's a spiritual evolution. But external nature can't dictate terms to us as it did in physical evolution. The psycho-social evolution of man from his mammalian stage till he reaches his destination, i.e., Self-realization covers the whole spectrum of spiritual life. The question as to why a man is more spiritual than others has only one answer, it is, it all depends on the sincerity and yearning of an aspirant to realize the Truth. Evolution according to Darwin, the post-Darwin evolution concepts and the spiritual evolution according to Vedanta is dealt with much clarity, preciseness and in a very simple but effective language in some parts of the book, " The Message of the Upanishads " by Srimat Swami Ranganathanandaji Maharaj. Most Revered Maharaj has synthesised these concepts wonderfully. Reading that book not only clarifies our question on evolution but throw more light on the question of Life itself. Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Messenger http://im. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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