Guest guest Posted February 1, 2003 Report Share Posted February 1, 2003 May anyone tell me about the importance of Mauna? I feel like not talking to anyone at times but reluctantly have to do so just not to hurt the other person. How do I justify? Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 1, 2003 Report Share Posted February 1, 2003 Ramakrishna , " sam43_1999 <sam43_1999> " <sam43_1999> wrote: > May anyone tell me about the importance of Mauna? > I feel like not talking to anyone at times but reluctantly have to do > so just not to hurt the other person. How do I justify? > > Sam Name, Mauna means restraint of speech, but even more critical is the absorption of the mind in the Supreme Spirit - the Silence. More on this at the following URLs: http://www.voiceofsankara.com/swami/mahawords/default.asp? show=significance http://www.swami-krishnananda.org/brdup/brhad_III-05.html http://www.swami-krishnananda.org/chhand/ch_4b.html Regards, Sunder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2003 Report Share Posted February 2, 2003 Thanks for the responses. Incidently in the peruit to answers to my question I happened to read this story I wish to share with you: The railway train was running at full speed from Calcutta to Delhi. In one compartment, two British passengers were talking in English. Pointing at one monk (Sadhu), travelling in the same compartment, one British passenger was telling the other, " Look, what a deception! With such youthful age, healthy body, and full capacity to work, this man became monk to get free food and to loiter anywhere. There are thousands of such monks in this country and people feed them in blind faith. " Criticism of this sort went on for a long time, but the monk (Sanyasi) sitting on the opposite seat was pondering deeply with a calm posture. When the train arrived at one station and halted, the station master saw the monk (Sanyasi), bowed down before him and asked in English, " What can I do in your service, Sir? " The Sanyasi answered in English, " One glass of water will be enough. I want nothing else. " The two British passengers observed that the Sanyasi spoke in such pure English. They felt surprised. They never knew that the Sanyasi was educated. They had abused the Sanyasi so much and still there was not a word by way of reaction. His posture was the same, full of happiness as before. The passengers inquired of him, " Well sir, why did you not react to our criticism? " He replied, " Brothers, I remain engrossed only in the thoughts of my life's work. I do not enter into any kind of disputes. " The peaceful posture and Sadhana of the vow of silence brought about a lot of regard on part of those two British passengers. This Sanyasi was Swami Vivekananda, the chief disciple of the great monk Shri Ramkrishna Paramhans. He was a great socio-religious leader of the nineteenth century. He became famous for his unique speech in the World Religions Conference in 1893 in Chicago, U.S.A. Ramakrishna , " Sunder Hattangadi <sunderh@h...> " <sunderh@h...> wrote: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 3, 2003 Report Share Posted February 3, 2003 Dear Sam, I have some small experience in praticing 'Mauna'.Ordinarily we are concerned with our feeling in the upper part of our mind and we express our feeling through words.If we do not express our feeling for a period of time or rather hold them in our mind and doing so create a sort of vacuum in the upper layer of mind,thereby creating a condition when feeling or our own deep thoughts come out to our upper concious layer of the mind.This is a great experience,I do not exactly remember but I am sure some where at some time Swami Vivekananda advised so. With regards, Anup Kumar Bagchi > " sam43_1999 <sam43_1999 " <sam43_1999 >Ramakrishna >Ramakrishna >[sri Ramakrishna] Re: Mauna >Sun, 02 Feb 2003 04:04:08 -0000 > >Thanks for the responses. Incidently in the peruit to answers to my >question I happened to read this story I wish to share with you: > > > The railway train was running at full speed from Calcutta to > Delhi. In one compartment, two British passengers were talking > in English. Pointing at one monk (Sadhu), travelling in the > same compartment, one British passenger was telling the other, > " Look, what a deception! With such youthful age, healthy body, > and full capacity to work, this man became monk to get free food > and to loiter anywhere. There are thousands of such monks in > this country and people feed them in blind faith. " > > Criticism of this sort went on for a long time, but the monk > (Sanyasi) sitting on the opposite seat was pondering deeply > with a calm posture. > > When the train arrived at one station and halted, the station > master saw the monk (Sanyasi), bowed down before him and asked > in English, " What can I do in your service, Sir? " > > The Sanyasi answered in English, " One glass of water will > be enough. I want nothing else. " > > The two British passengers observed that the Sanyasi spoke > in such pure English. They felt surprised. They never > knew that the Sanyasi was educated. They had abused the > Sanyasi so much and still there was not a word by way of > reaction. His posture was the same, full of happiness as > before. > > The passengers inquired of him, " Well sir, why did you > not react to our criticism? " > > He replied, " Brothers, I remain engrossed only in the > thoughts of my life's work. I do not enter into any kind > of disputes. " > > The peaceful posture and Sadhana of the vow of silence > brought about a lot of regard on part of those two British > passengers. > > This Sanyasi was Swami Vivekananda, the chief disciple of the > great monk Shri Ramkrishna Paramhans. He was a great > socio-religious leader of the nineteenth century. He became > famous for his unique speech in the World Religions Conference > in 1893 in Chicago, U.S.A. > > > >Ramakrishna , " Sunder Hattangadi ><sunderh@h...> " <sunderh@h...> wrote: > > > _______________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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