Guest guest Posted November 19, 2001 Report Share Posted November 19, 2001 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. > > Find the one for you at Personals http://personals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2001 Report Share Posted November 22, 2001 Dear Prashantha; could not agree with you more. Now if we could just get rid of this ignorance! Anup - " 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 > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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