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Hi Prashanth:

Thanks for your enlightening email on Ignorance vs

Desire.

Amol

--- Prashanth Godrehal <gprasha wrote:

> Greetings,

>

> A few weeks back we had a discussion on desire and

> most of us said desire is

> main hurdle for spiritual progress. I would like

> add some more thoughts of

> mine on this.

> Even Buddha has said, Desire is the main cause for

> misery. But what does

> Vedanta say for this. It is agreed that in many

> places in BG Krishna says we

> should control desire and even in upanishads also it

> is mentioned. But does

> Vedanta say Desire is main cause for misery. No,

> Vedanta goes a step forward

> and asks if desire is the cause for misery than what

> is the cause for desire?

> And the answer is Ignorance. It is the ignorance of

> our own true nature causes

> this desire. It is the ignorance towards that God

> causes us desire. As a matter

> of fact, there is nothing wrong to have desire, a

> desire with a proper Gyana is

> needed. Sri Ramakrishna had an intense desire to

> realise God. His desire was so

> intense that he went to the extent of killing

> himself just like a teenage boy

> try's to kill himself when he comes to know that his

> lover has betrayed him.

> But we know that the desire of Sri Ramakrishna is

> much different from that of

> teenage boy because one is accompanied with gyana

> and the other with ignorance.

> If we are in ignorance than we will lose Viveka or

> discrimation ability for

> right desire and wrong desire. Vivekananda had a

> great desire which is far more

> than most materialist desire one can have. But what

> was his desire, to liberate

> the whole humans from the bondage of samara.

> So this shows clearly that there is nothing wrong in

> having desire, but we need

> to have right desire. That can only happen when are

> not in ignorance. But in

> the case of ignorance there is no right or wrong.

> There is no place for

> ignorance in Vedanta. And vedanta declares

> Ingnorance is the cause for misery.

>

> sarvam vasudevamayam jagath

> Prashanth

>

>

>

> Find the one for you at Personals

> http://personals.

>

>

 

 

 

 

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Dear Prashantha; could not agree with you more. Now if we could just get

rid of this ignorance!

Anup

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" Prashanth Godrehal " <gprasha

<ramakrishna >

Sunday, November 18, 2001 9:18 PM

[sri Ramakrishna] Ignorance vs Desire

 

 

> Greetings,

>

> A few weeks back we had a discussion on desire and most of us said

desire is

> main hurdle for spiritual progress. I would like add some more thoughts

of

> mine on this.

> Even Buddha has said, Desire is the main cause for misery. But what does

> Vedanta say for this. It is agreed that in many places in BG Krishna says

we

> should control desire and even in upanishads also it is mentioned. But

does

> Vedanta say Desire is main cause for misery. No, Vedanta goes a step

forward

> and asks if desire is the cause for misery than what is the cause for

desire?

> And the answer is Ignorance. It is the ignorance of our own true nature

causes

> this desire. It is the ignorance towards that God causes us desire. As a

matter

> of fact, there is nothing wrong to have desire, a desire with a proper

Gyana is

> needed. Sri Ramakrishna had an intense desire to realise God. His desire

was so

> intense that he went to the extent of killing himself just like a teenage

boy

> try's to kill himself when he comes to know that his lover has betrayed

him.

> But we know that the desire of Sri Ramakrishna is much different from that

of

> teenage boy because one is accompanied with gyana and the other with

ignorance.

> If we are in ignorance than we will lose Viveka or discrimation ability

for

> right desire and wrong desire. Vivekananda had a great desire which is far

more

> than most materialist desire one can have. But what was his desire, to

liberate

> the whole humans from the bondage of samara.

> So this shows clearly that there is nothing wrong in having desire, but we

need

> to have right desire. That can only happen when are not in ignorance. But

in

> the case of ignorance there is no right or wrong. There is no place for

> ignorance in Vedanta. And vedanta declares Ingnorance is the cause for

misery.

>

> sarvam vasudevamayam jagath

> Prashanth

>

>

>

> Find the one for you at Personals

> http://personals.

>

>

>

> Sri Ramakrishnaye Namah

> Vivekananda Centre London

> http://www.vivekananda.co.uk

>

>

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