Guest guest Posted August 1, 2002 Report Share Posted August 1, 2002 Dear David and Sriram, Actually, there is one God, the Bible ad Gitas, as with many Buddhist texts all teach about the non-dual all-pervasive Self. When one reads the words of Christ, they are spoken very much like the words in the many Vedantic Gitas. You can go to www.kundalini-matashakti.com and look up the article in the links to Pieter called "The Self, Maya and the Heart - The Philosophy of Non-Dualism, where it will become completely apparent, that even though the teachings of Christ have been misdirected, that His Words are only exposing and demonstrating the One single non-dual Truth that pervades and lights each of us. You will also see that the way that he speaks allows for no other option or remedy or outs (such as reincarnation, which supposes that there are separate selves) apart from the Hearing, Recollection and Abiding in that single Truth. To get a better idea of the approach of Christ, you can also read the Ribhu Gita and Avadhut Gita, which are also available at the site, with many other articles and spiritual texts about the non-dual Singularity of the Self in the Heart (Samvit). Hearing is the prerequisite for realization. You can read clearly that Christ teaches about our oneness in the Father, and admonishes those that pervert the teachings to restate the Truth into the non-truth, as the Pharisees and Sadducees and Scribes of the time, and as many do today with His Teachings, as happens with the manner in which many Eastern Religions, are taught similarly as practices and rituals with an afterlife in some heaven or hell as an intermediate step to reincarnation. Nothing whatsoever is born or dies anywhere at any time. It is Brahman alone appearing illusorily in the form of the world." Vashithta to Rama. All this to say that while all religions teach the one non-dual Truth, and require "hearing" as a prerequisite to realizing (awakening) to That Truth, nevertheless, in order that the teachings are preserves and spoken on a regular basis, ritualistic practice is promoted. Occasionally, an unsuspecting person enters a Church or Temple and "hears" and is transformed, transmuted, transfigured. Pieter - sriram rao Self-knowledge ; list Wednesday, July 31, 2002 2:47 PM Re: [self-knowledge] Fw: Query on Gita and Bible... Hi David,It is really not possible to compare the Bible and theGita since the basic theme contained in them isdifferent. The Bible contains a dualistic model of God verses manand talks of life as 'one time' with a final judgementday when God decides the reward/punishment for apersons actions. It emphasises ethics and is rootedin faith. It contains no metaphysical speculation.The Gita on the other hand is basically aphilosophical work seeking to make a person'understand' life and his/her role in this world. It,in fact, summarises the basic concepts of hindu beliefsuch as rebirth, karma, spiritual evolution, etc. andhas a unique dualistic cum non-dualistic message tosuit people of different levels of development. Thereis no concept of sin as understood in the bible. A person is selfish & 'sinful' due to attachment. Thisis due to wrong identification with theindividualistic lower self, which is due to ourignorance, which is again due to our low spirituallevel. We can increase our level and grow spirituallyeither through devotion or by performing our dutiessincerely or through philosophical enquiry or a mix ofall three. The final goal is self realization which, in theadvaitic view, is equal to God realization.Thanks & regards.Sriram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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