True Seeker

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> "He who instructs an ardent seeker to do this or that

> is not a true master. The seeker is already afflicted

> by his activities and wants peace and rest. In other

> words he wants cessation of his activities. If a

> teacher tells him to do something in addition to, or

> in place of, his other activities, can that be a help

> to the seeker? Activity is creation, Activity is the

> destruction of one's inherent happiness. If activity

> is advocated the adviser is not a master but a

> killer."

> Sri Ramana Maharshi.

 

Thanks Tony for that quote from Ramana Maharshi. I will pass that along to other

lists with something from

ADVAITA BODHA DEEPIKA

 

Harsha

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26. D: What is this direct experience?

 

M: Just as one can clearly distinguish the sun from the cloud hiding it, so

also when one

can distinguish the Self from the ego, it is direct experience. This is the

"fruit'' of reflection.

 

55 - 56 Inasmuch as Brahman is impartite, perfect Wholeness, the witness being

Brahman

must also be impartite, perfect Wholeness. Therefore it is established that the

Self is One

unbroken Bliss.

 

D: What is the 'fruit' of this knowledge?

 

M: To reject the five sheaths and names and forms of objects as something

inexpressible,

only superimposed on the Reality, illusory, to practice that the substratum,

i.e., Brahman

of Being-Knowledge-Bliss is the Self and to realise It as 'I am Brahman' with

the resulting

Supreme Bliss of being the Brahman is the 'fruit' of this knowledge. Here ends

the chapter

on Reflection.