Jagat Posted April 15, 2002 Report Share Posted April 15, 2002 We all know Narottam Das' line Apana bhajana kathA nA balio jathA tathA--"Don't go telling the revelations you have received in bhajan here and there." Here is a verse from Hatha-yoga-pradipika (2.9) that gives a nice example-- <center> gopanIyaM prayatnena yathA ratna-karaNDakam | kasyacin naiva vaktavyaM kula-strI-surataM yathA ||</center> Keep all these things hidden like a chest of precious stones. Do not talk about them to anyone, just as you would not talk about your intimate relations with your wife. [This message has been edited by Jagat (edited 04-15-2002).] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sha Posted June 25, 2002 Report Share Posted June 25, 2002 In Hari Bhakti Vilasa, verse 2.147, Srila Sanatana Goswami quotes Sammohana-tantra: <font color="red">gopayed devatam istam gopayed gurum atmanah gopayed ca nijam mantram gopayen nija-malikam</font> <font color="blue">“One should hide one’s ishta-deva, one should hide one’s guru, one should hide one’s mantra, and one should hide one’s japa-mala.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sha Posted July 10, 2002 Report Share Posted July 10, 2002 SECRECY AND PUBLICITY THE Buddha said: "Three things, O disciples, are characterized by secrecy: love affairs, priestly wisdom, and all aberrations from the path of truth. Women who are in love, O disciples seek secrecy and shun publicity; priests who claim to be in possession of special revelation, O disciples, seek secrecy and shun publicity; all those who stray from the path of truth, O disciples, seek secrecy and shun publicity. "Three things, O disciples, shine before the world and cannot be hidden. What are the three? The moon, O disciples, illumines the world and cannot be hidden; the sun, O disciples, illumines the world and cannot be hidden; and the truth proclaimed by the Tathagata illumines the world and cannot be hidden. These three things, O disciples, illumine the world and cannot be hidden. There is no secrecy about them." http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/btg/btg45.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sha Posted July 22, 2002 Report Share Posted July 22, 2002 "Keep me as the apple of Your eye; Hide me under the shadow of Your wings." Psalm 17:8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsaneladi Posted September 1, 2002 Report Share Posted September 1, 2002 I beg to differ with the Buddha. his commentary on Priests seems to needlessly indict gurus as being of a suspicious character. While this fits nicely in his packet of godlessness, I have no room in my heart for this voidful dialogue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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