Guest guest Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 > Verse 309. Consciousness is the truth; Happiness is (that) > Consciousness; the Real Self is (just this) > Truth-Consciousness-Happiness; the sage is happy in the > Self; the ignorant one, who is (like) a thief, does not win > (real) happiness. (37) > > (37) The Ignorant man > is likened to a thief, because he wants to be happy without > paying the proper price, namely (that of) his false ego. He > is also rightly described as a thief because the ego is > itself a theft from the Real Self, as pointed out in Verse > 110. The happiness of sleep is described in one of the > Upanishads as stolen happiness, which cannot > last. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > These > quotations are from the book, Guru--Ramana--Vachana--Mala by " Who, " > published by Sri Ramanasramam > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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