To Tanmaya

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549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt">Dear beloved Tanmaya, It

was very much interested to read your mail that ritualistic worship

gradually merges into the Gayatri mantra,

and that the Gayatri merges into Om. Then, that Om merges into the

Silence of God realization. Can you please tell me what is that

ultimate God realization? Who is that ultimate Supreme God?

yes"> Is it Krishna, as he proclaims in Bhagavad Geeta? I would

appreciate your reply. With Love

10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> Manoharan Date:

Thu, 16 Feb 2006 20:46:37 -0000 "ty_maa"

<ds.james (AT) comcast (DOT) net>

black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Re: 492--Q&A WITH

SWAMIJI-- Adding deities to the altar

black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Dear Alan, Sri Ramakrishna taught

that ritualistic worship gradually merges into

COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">the Gayatri mantra, and that

the Gayatri merges into Om. Then, that Om merges into the Silence of

God realization.

320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt

687.0pt 732.8pt">Sri Ramakrishna also taught that a spiritual

aspirant climbs the stairs on the way to the roof of his house, as it

were, by renouncing the stairs one by one. When he arrives at the

roof, he discovers that the roof is made of brick, lime, and

brickdust. Having gained that understanding, he then descends the

stairway, realizing that each of

FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">the stairs is itself also made of the same

brick, lime and brickdust. As the Creator breathes, the Many merge

into the One, and the One

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732.8pt">re-emerges as the Many. What one does with this Truth

depends on one's temperament as well as where one is in terms of

spiritual evolution.

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595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt"> The only thing to be avoided, of

course, is the fundamentalist intolerance of having neither

experience of the One, nor respect

for the Many. Respectfully, Tanmaya

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