Wednesday, August 6, 2008
No Lasting Satisfaction Possible on the Sense- plane
There are various conceptions of salvation. The Christians say that unless you come through Jesus you will not be saved. The Mohammedans likewise say that one must, of obligation, come through Quran, as it is a more recent edition of the Bible, as spoken by God to prophet Mohammed the messenger, and...
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Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Punishment meted out for Non-indulgence to Amorous Passionate Advances
Orpheus was one of the sons by the Muse Calliope. Some suppose him to be the son of Apollo, to render his birth more illustrious. He received a lyre from Apollo, or, according to some, from Mercury, upon which he played with such a masterly hand, that even the most rapid rivers ceased to flow, the...
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Sunday, August 3, 2008
When There Are Impressions - No God-Realization Is Possible
This is an Upanisadic story of trememdous beauty. The house of a great mystic of those days, Udallaka, was celebrating the coming back of his son, Swetketu, from the forest university of the master where he had been sent to study. The father received him at the gate, but he felt that something was...
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Saturday, August 2, 2008
Cast Off even Religion to become a Dynamo of Spirituality and be Free
“ Religio ”, that is the word in Latin for religion, and which means ‘to bind’. Now, the word can be interpreted in two ways: One, to dedicate one’s life under monastic vows to a particular system of faith and worship; another, a bond that unites all under one common objective. Notice that in the...
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Friday, August 1, 2008
What is the Meaning of “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand?”
You may be surprised to know that the word “repent” is in Greek “ metanoeite ” ( Meta is beyond, and noeite is knowledge) – beyond the knowledge of the (five) senses. That is the meaning of “Repent, for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand”. Why have all religions advocated dropping the mind? The answer...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Learning to Ignore: Why is it so Necessary
Many people, more so the moralists seem to be hell-bent upon winning an argument, no matter whether these emanate from idiots or nondescript persons. Knowing fully well that nothing is to be gained, or: rather a lot is to be lost, – the peace, the balance, the equipoise – they still go on arguing...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Pleasant Speech Stemming from Humility Makes One’s Ornaments…
I'll be back the day after. Got busy setting my business with AIG. Tomorrow, a court case. My son will do any repost which he doesn't know I approve. Am I in a fix? These are temporal... but how long can they last? An ancient Sanskrit verse speaks thus of felicitous speech: “One is not beautified by...
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Monday, July 28, 2008
The Complete Story of Man’s ‘Fortunate’ Fall ...
Satan, after making Sin and Death who sit at either side as guards to the adamantine gates of Hell to open (they are powerless to close it), he braves the dangers of the Abyss himself. Milton’s story contains two arcs: one of Satan and another of Adam and Eve. The other story is a fundamentally...
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Sunday, July 27, 2008
Jesus said, “Except One be Born Anew, he cannot see the Kingdom of Heaven”
The last two days, the discussion has been on what is meant by ignorance, or, no-knowledge but wisdom. Knowledge is not wisdom. To know that “I don’t know anything” is wisdom. Here is the story of the oracle of the Delphi declaration on Socrates. (Elysianfields wanted to know this). Someone asked...
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Saturday, July 26, 2008
Truly said: “It's Harder to Unlearn than to Learn”.But it’s Not Always True
Here’s a beauty of a query from Sinome to my previous entry. I am making her comment my subject of today’s write. “Adam's sin was not knowledge but disobedience, pride, and also, how do we go back to innocence... how can the yolk be put back in the egg after the egg has been cracked?... Once we...
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