Guest guest Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 Turning to Ananda, a French lady , he asked, “What kind of spiritual practice are you doing?†“I just go on thinking that I am the Supreme Being,†she replied in a somewhat proud tone. “Is that so? Did you ever hear of Meerabai? She was one of the greatest lady saints ever born in India. From her childhood she felt that Lord Krishna was her Beloved and spent most of her days and nights in worshipping Him and singing songs about Him. Finally, she had a mystic vision of Him and her mind merged into Him. She thenceforth sang songs about the glory and bliss of the God-Realized state. At the end of her life, she entered a Krishna temple and disappeared in the sanctum. You should walk in the same path as her if you want to achieve the Realization,†Maharaj said smilingly. Ananda turned pale. Maharaj had pulverized her mountain of Vedanta in one stroke! She could not speak. “ I may talk about Vedanta to some of the people that come here,†Maharaj continued. “That is not for you and you should not pay any attention to what I am telling others. The book of my conversations should not be taken as the last word on my teachings. I have given answers to the questions of certain individuals. Those answers were intended for those people and not for everyone. Instruction can be on an individual basis only. The same medicine cannot be prescribed for all. “Nowadays people are full of intellectual conceit. They have no faith in the ancient traditional practices leading to Self-Knowledge. They want everything served to them on a silver platter. The path of knowledge makes sense to them and because of that, they may want to practice it. The will then find that it requires more concentration then they can muster and slowly becoming humble, they will finally take up easier practices like repetition of a mantra or worship of a form. Slowly the belief in a Power greater then themselves will dawn on them and a taste for devotion will sprout in their heart. Then only will it be possible for them to attain purity of mind and concentration. The conceited have to go a very roundabout way. Therefore I say that devotion is good enough for you,†Maharaj concluded. Source : http://www.nisargadatta.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 Dear Ramesh, A most interesting posting. I have never come across this before. Thanks very much. All love, Alan--- On Thu, 21/1/10, ramesh chivukula <ramesh_chiv wrote: ramesh chivukula <ramesh_chiv Vedanta not for everyone... Date: Thursday, 21 January, 2010, 10:21 Turning to Ananda, a French lady , he asked, “What kind of spiritual practice are you doing?†“I just go on thinking that I am the Supreme Being,†she replied in a somewhat proud tone. “Is that so? Did you ever hear of Meerabai? She was one of the greatest lady saints ever born in India . From her childhood she felt that Lord Krishna was her Beloved and spent most of her days and nights in worshipping Him and singing songs about Him. Finally, she had a mystic vision of Him and her mind merged into Him. She thenceforth sang songs about the glory and bliss of the God-Realized state. At the end of her life, she entered a Krishna temple and disappeared in the sanctum. You should walk in the same path as her if you want to achieve the Realization,†Maharaj said smilingly. Ananda turned pale. Maharaj had pulverized her mountain of Vedanta in one stroke! She could not speak. “ I may talk about Vedanta to some of the people that come here,†Maharaj continued. “That is not for you and you should not pay any attention to what I am telling others. The book of my conversations should not be taken as the last word on my teachings. I have given answers to the questions of certain individuals. Those answers were intended for those people and not for everyone. Instruction can be on an individual basis only. The same medicine cannot be prescribed for all. “Nowadays people are full of intellectual conceit. They have no faith in the ancient traditional practices leading to Self-Knowledge. They want everything served to them on a silver platter. The path of knowledge makes sense to them and because of that, they may want to practice it. The will then find that it requires more concentration then they can muster and slowly becoming humble, they will finally take up easier practices like repetition of a mantra or worship of a form. Slowly the belief in a Power greater then themselves will dawn on them and a taste for devotion will sprout in their heart. Then only will it be possible for them to attain purity of mind and concentration. The conceited have to go a very roundabout way. Therefore I say that devotion is good enough for you,†Maharaj concluded. Source : http://www.nisargad atta.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 Dear Alan , I also came across only today and I thought it was good to share. All Love ramesh --- On Thu, 1/21/10, Alan Jacobs <alanadamsjacobs wrote: Alan Jacobs <alanadamsjacobsRe: Vedanta not for everyone... Date: Thursday, January 21, 2010, 4:03 PM Dear Ramesh, A most interesting posting. I have never come across this before. Thanks very much. All love, Alan--- On Thu, 21/1/10, ramesh chivukula <ramesh_chiv@ > wrote: ramesh chivukula <ramesh_chiv@ > Vedanta not for everyone...Thursday, 21 January, 2010, 10:21 Turning to Ananda, a French lady , he asked, “What kind of spiritual practice are you doing?†“I just go on thinking that I am the Supreme Being,†she replied in a somewhat proud tone. “Is that so? Did you ever hear of Meerabai? She was one of the greatest lady saints ever born in India . From her childhood she felt that Lord Krishna was her Beloved and spent most of her days and nights in worshipping Him and singing songs about Him. Finally, she had a mystic vision of Him and her mind merged into Him. She thenceforth sang songs about the glory and bliss of the God-Realized state. At the end of her life, she entered a Krishna temple and disappeared in the sanctum. You should walk in the same path as her if you want to achieve the Realization,†Maharaj said smilingly. Ananda turned pale. Maharaj had pulverized her mountain of Vedanta in one stroke! She could not speak. “ I may talk about Vedanta to some of the people that come here,†Maharaj continued. “That is not for you and you should not pay any attention to what I am telling others. The book of my conversations should not be taken as the last word on my teachings. I have given answers to the questions of certain individuals. Those answers were intended for those people and not for everyone. Instruction can be on an individual basis only. The same medicine cannot be prescribed for all. “Nowadays people are full of intellectual conceit. They have no faith in the ancient traditional practices leading to Self-Knowledge. They want everything served to them on a silver platter. The path of knowledge makes sense to them and because of that, they may want to practice it. The will then find that it requires more concentration then they can muster and slowly becoming humble, they will finally take up easier practices like repetition of a mantra or worship of a form. Slowly the belief in a Power greater then themselves will dawn on them and a taste for devotion will sprout in their heart. Then only will it be possible for them to attain purity of mind and concentration. The conceited have to go a very roundabout way. Therefore I say that devotion is good enough for you,†Maharaj concluded. Source : http://www.nisargad atta.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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