Guest guest Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Selections from Padamalai cont'd PADAM THE HEART Padamalai P. 35 17 PADAM, THE hEART, THE EXPANSIVE ABODE, POSSESSES SUCH GREAT STRENGTH THAT THE SIX BANEFUL ENEMIES CANNOT EVEN APPROACH. The six enemies are lust, anger, greed, delusion, intoxication, and envy. ........ Note: Padamalai is the advanced teaching of Sri Bhagavan as given to Muruganar before his eventual Self Realisation, and recorded by him in Tamil verse, edited and translated by David Godman and Robert Butler in aphoristic form. Padam means the Foot of the Guru and Bhagavan in the Heart. AJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 Selections from Padamalai cont'd PADAM THE HEART Padamalai P. 35 22 Padam, pure consciousness, demands that everything that has been learned as knowledge has to be completely forgotten as ignorance. ......... Note: Padamalai is the advanced teaching of Sri Bhagavan as given to Muruganar before his eventual Self Realisation, and recorded by him in Tamil verse, edited and translated by David Godman and Robert Butler in aphoristic form. Padam means the Foot of the Guru and Bhagavan in the Heart. AJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 > > > Selections from Padamalai cont'd > > PADAM THE HEART > > Padamalai P. 35 > > 19 > > Remaining in the Heart, Padam causes the minds of each and > every one to act in accordance with his [or her] vasanas. > > Note: From David Godman. > > Vasanas are the habits or tendencies of the mind, > such as likes and dislikes, that make it behave the way it > does. The term is usually translated as 'latent > tendencies'. > At a more fundamental level vasanas are the cause > of both manifestation and rebirth. According to Sri > Bhagavan, it is the vasanas that impel the mind to project > and witness an illusory world. At the time of death, the > uneradicated vasanas withdraw into the Heart where they > remain latent for a while before bringing into existence a > new body and a new world. The destruction of all vasanas is > equated with Self-Realisation since, in that stae, there is > no rebirth and no illusory, projected world. > > Note: Padamalai is the advanced teaching of Sri > Bhagavan as given to Muruganar before his eventual Self > Realisation, and recorded by him in Tamil verse, edited and > translated by David Godman and Robert Butler in aphoristic > form. Padam means the Foot of the Guru and Bhagavan in the > Heart. AJ > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2009 Report Share Posted August 1, 2009 Selections from Padamalai cont'd PADAM THE SUPPORT OF THE WORLD APPEARANCE Padamalai P. 39 40 Whilst being the unique support that sustains the whole world, Padam, the ever present Self, is without any support whatsoever. Note: Padamalai is the Advanced Teaching of Sri Bhagavan as given to Muruganar before his eventual Self Realisation, and recorded by him in Tamil verse, edited and translated by David Godman and Robert Butler in aphoristic form. Padam means the Foot of the Guru and Bhagavan in the Heart.This book is highly recommended. Available from Ashram Book Depot or on Amazon. AJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2009 Report Share Posted August 2, 2009 Selections from Padamalai cont'd Padam and the Gods Padamalai P. 47 55 Padam is God to those who are caught in concepts, but to the true jnani, who is without falsity and who has separated from all concepts, it is his own Self. Note: Padamalai is the Advanced Teaching of Sri Bhagavan as given to Muruganar before his eventual Self Realisation, and recorded by him in Tamil verse, edited and translated by David Godman and Robert Butler in aphoristic form. Padam means the Foot of the Guru and Bhagavan in the Heart.This book is highly recommended. Available from Ashram Book Depot or on Amazon. AJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 3, 2009 Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 Selections from Padamalai cont'd The Benefit of Studying This Work Padamalai P. 360 225 Padam bestows grace opon those who recite, praise and adorn him with this Padamalai, uniting them permanently with the Atma-swarupa* that forever remains one with them in their hearts. * The real nature of one's own Self. Note: Padamalai is the Advanced Teaching of Sri Bhagavan as given to Muruganar before his eventual Self Realisation, and recorded by him in Tamil verse, edited and translated by David Godman and Robert Butler in aphoristic form. Padam means the Foot of the Guru and Bhagavan in the Heart.This book is highly recommended. Available from Ashram Book Depot or on Amazon. AJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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