MAYA AND ILLUSION

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Posted by: " Uttishthata " uttishthata

Thu Oct 4, 2007 7:52 pm (PST)

 

MAYA AND ILLUSION - Swam Vivekananda

 

As I have told you before, the minds of the people from whom the

Vedas came were intent upon following principles, discovering

principles. They had no time to work upon details or to wait for

them; they wanted to go deep into the heart of things. Something

beyond was calling them, as it were, and they could not wait.

Scattered through the Upanishads, we find that the details of

subjects which we now call modern sciences are often very erroneous,

but, at the same time, their principles are correct. For instance,

the idea of ether, which is one of the latest theories of modern

science, is to be found in our ancient literature in forms much more

developed than is the modern scientific theory of ether today, but

it was in principle. When they tried to demonstrate the workings of

that principle, they made many mistakes. The theory of the all-

pervading life principle, of which all life in this universe is but

a differing manifestation was understood in Vedic times; it is found

in the Brahmanas. There is a long hymn in the Samhitas in praise of

Prana of which all life is but a manifestation. By the by, it may

interest some of you to know that there are theories in the Vedic

philosophy about the origin of life on this earth very similar to

those which have been advanced by some modern European scientists.

You, of course, all know that there is a theory that life came from

other planets. It is a settled doctrine with some Vedic philosophers

that life comes in this way from the moon.

 

to be continued...

 

The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Volume 2 [ Page : 89 ]

(Lecture Delivered in London)

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

Do not hate anybody, because that hatred which comes out from you

must, in the long run, come back to you. If you love, that love will

come back to you, completing the circle.

- Swami Vivekananda