Guest guest Posted December 18, 2001 Report Share Posted December 18, 2001 Dear Vinayak, One way you are right. But Swami Vivekananda has given highest place for the householders also. Please read " Each is great in their own place " Volume 1 of complete works of Swami Vivekananda. Regarding not trusting Narayana if he comes in the form of a Grihastha, he very well knew that Sri Ramakrishna (who was a grihastha in the ordinay sense) was none other than Narayana. His faith & trust in him is unquestionable and boundless. Also I have read in the biography, where he says that only when a we see a house holder and a monk in equal terms, then only the monk has reached the highest. Swamiji has never said any thing bad against house holder but he has said the trugth that is generally prevailing. Probably there are exceptions. love, Swamy ---------- --\ -------- Information transmitted by this E-MAIL is proprietary to Wipro and/or its Customers and is intended for use only by the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient or it appears that this mail has been forwarded to you without proper authority, you are notified that any use or dissemination of this information in any manner is strictly prohibited. In such cases, please notify us immediately at mailadmin and delete this mail from your records. --\ ----- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2001 Report Share Posted December 18, 2001 The books, " Grihastha Dharma " & " Spiritual Life for Householders " by Srimat Swami Ranganathanandaji is a must-read book to throw more light on these topics. --- Narasimha Swamy T R <narasimha.swamy wrote: > Dear Vinayak, > > One way you are right. But Swami Vivekananda has > given highest place > for the householders also. Please read " Each is > great in their own place " > Volume 1 of complete works of Swami Vivekananda. > > Regarding not trusting Narayana if he comes in > the form of a Grihastha, > he very well knew that Sri Ramakrishna (who was a > grihastha in the ordinay > sense) was none other than Narayana. His faith & > trust in him is unquestionable > and boundless. > > Also I have read in the biography, where he says > that only when a we see > a house holder and a monk in equal terms, then only > the monk has reached > the highest. > > Swamiji has never said any thing bad against > house holder but he has said > the trugth that is generally prevailing. Probably > there are exceptions. > > love, > Swamy Check out Shopping and Auctions for all of your unique holiday gifts! Buy at or bid at http://auctions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 19, 2001 Report Share Posted December 19, 2001 Dear Friends, I would like to mention few points about housholder and sanyassi from the Bhagvan Ramana Maharshi point of view. Once he was approached by a housholder(devotee) and asked he wanted to leave his family and completely devote his life for self enquiry.He meant he wanted to become a sanyassi (monk). Bhagvan' reply to this is as follows: Householder and sanyassi are mere names which you tell ur mind.First of all you should know who you are in both these names.Your problems will be solved then.In that case you don't have to leave your family. I think the answer given by bhagvan is very helpful in clearing the doubts regarding the householder and monk. Thank you. With best regards, Karthikeyan On Tue, 18 Dec 2001 Udayashankar wrote : > The books, " Grihastha Dharma " & " Spiritual Life for > Householders " by Srimat Swami Ranganathanandaji is a > must-read book to throw more light on these topics. > > > > --- Narasimha Swamy T R <narasimha.swamy > wrote: > > Dear Vinayak, > > > > One way you are right. But Swami Vivekananda has > > given highest place > > for the householders also. Please read " Each is > > great in their own place " > > Volume 1 of complete works of Swami Vivekananda. > > > > Regarding not trusting Narayana if he comes in > > the form of a Grihastha, > > he very well knew that Sri Ramakrishna (who was a > > grihastha in the ordinay > > sense) was none other than Narayana. His faith & > > trust in him is unquestionable > > and boundless. > > > > Also I have read in the biography, where he says > > that only when a we see > > a house holder and a monk in equal terms, then only > > the monk has reached > > the highest. > > > > Swamiji has never said any thing bad against > > house holder but he has said > > the trugth that is generally prevailing. Probably > > there are exceptions. > > > > love, > > Swamy > > > > > Check out Shopping and Auctions for all of > your unique holiday gifts! Buy at > > or bid at http://auctions. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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