To Swamiji, Manoj, Nanda about Q&A WITH SWAMIJI- Humility

Manoj's Q & A with Swamiji:

Question from Manoj:Respected Swamiji,What is humility? Would you

describe it in one way as"not me but you"? if so or otherwise, how

would you feel aboutdescribing it as "both you and me" (the meaning

here is that I am humbletowards myself too)?Swamiji's response:The

English dictionary calls it the absence of pride or self-assertion.In

Sanskrit the term is Hri. H means the Divine I. R means the mind.

Imeans the causal body: One's Divine I has taken his or her mind

intocomplete absorption in the causal body.

Dear Swamiji ~ besides saying, yet again, what I have said many times

in the digest, which is that your answers to our questions are always

so clear and eloquent, and often, depending on the question, tailored

so wonderfully to the individual ... I also wish to thank you, from

the depths of my heart, for your answer to Manoj's question.

"complete absorption into the causal body" gives me quite a bit to

think about. But I also want to say, that everytime I have come

across this, whether it is the digest of one of the texts you have

translated, I so very much appreciate the way you break down words

letter by letter to come to the entire meaning.

One cannot get this from a Sanskrit dictionary. And it is invaluable

without doubt. I learn more about the complexity of this sacred

language, and each time I come across one of these breakdowns of a

word into the individual letters, my heart always leaps in joy, while

my mind is doing its best to absorb the information. Is there any

possibility that you may one day write a Sanskrit primer? Pranams and

thank you for taking the time to answer these questions.

and

Thanks to Manoj for asking the question.

Jai Maa , Jai Swamiji ~ Linda

I agree with Linda about the magnificience of this answer.

So too with Steve on the clear and incisive answers that Swamiji has

given to many questions, especially the one about intuition and

truth which Steve also pointed.

I have a suggestion for the DeviMandir group.

I am not sure if you are already doing this or not (you might very

well be, I just don't know), but I think it will be worthwhile to

compile all the Q/A right from the first one and choose and edit and

publish a book of "Q/A over the Internet" or something like that.

While the daily Q/A is very helpful and inspiring, a condensed book

will also be invaluable.

Hopefully this will be done, and sometime soon. .

Jai Ma!

, nierika wrote:

>

>

> Manoj's Q & A with Swamiji:

>

> Question from Manoj:

> Respected Swamiji,What is humility? Would you describe it in one

way as

> "not me but you"? if so or otherwise, how would you feel about

> describing it as "both you and me" (the meaning here is that I am

humble

> towards myself too)?

>

> Swamiji's response:

> The English dictionary calls it the absence of pride or self-

assertion.

> In Sanskrit the term is Hri. H means the Divine I. R means the

mind. I

> means the causal body: One's Divine I has taken his or her mind

into

> complete absorption in the causal body.

>

>

> Dear Swamiji ~ besides saying, yet again, what I have said many

times in the

> digest, which is that your answers to our questions are always so

clear and

> eloquent, and often, depending on the question, tailored so

wonderfully to the

> individual ... I also wish to thank you, from the depths of my

heart, for

> your answer to Manoj's question. "complete absorption into the

causal body"

> gives me quite a bit to think about. But I also want to say, that

everytime I

> have come across this, whether it is the digest of one of the

texts you have

> translated, I so very much appreciate the way you break down

words letter by

> letter to come to the entire meaning.

>

> One cannot get this from a Sanskrit dictionary. And it is

invaluable without

> doubt. I learn more about the complexity of this sacred language,

and each

> time I come across one of these breakdowns of a word into the

individual

> letters, my heart always leaps in joy, while my mind is doing its

best to absorb

> the information. Is there any possibility that you may one day

write a

> Sanskrit primer? Pranams and thank you for taking the time to

answer these questions.

>

> and

>

> Thanks to Manoj for asking the question.

>

> Jai Maa , Jai Swamiji ~ Linda

>

Yes Manoj, and it would also be wonderful to have all the little gems

of wisdom from whenever Shree Maa and Swamiji say something to us via

the group or ask us a question outside of the Q&A format where we

initiate the discussion. I also have found the daily devotions this

year very inspiring.

Om

, "manoj_menon" <ammademon wrote:

>

> I agree with Linda about the magnificience of this answer.

>

> So too with Steve on the clear and incisive answers that Swamiji has

> given to many questions, especially the one about intuition and

> truth which Steve also pointed.

>

> I have a suggestion for the DeviMandir group.

>

> I am not sure if you are already doing this or not (you might very

> well be, I just don't know), but I think it will be worthwhile to

> compile all the Q/A right from the first one and choose and edit and

> publish a book of "Q/A over the Internet" or something like that.

>

> While the daily Q/A is very helpful and inspiring, a condensed book

> will also be invaluable.

>

> Hopefully this will be done, and sometime soon. .

>

> Jai Ma!

>

> , nierika@ wrote:

> >

> >

> > Manoj's Q & A with Swamiji:

> >

> > Question from Manoj:

> > Respected Swamiji,What is humility? Would you describe it in one

> way as

> > "not me but you"? if so or

otherwise, how would you feel about

> > describing it as "both you and me" (the meaning here is that I am

> humble

> > towards myself too)?

> >

> > Swamiji's response:

> > The English dictionary calls it the absence of pride or self-

> assertion.

> > In Sanskrit the term is Hri. H means the Divine I. R means the

> mind. I

> > means the causal body: One's Divine I has taken his or her mind

> into

> > complete absorption in the causal body.

> >

> >

> > Dear Swamiji ~ besides saying, yet again, what I have said many

> times in the

> > digest, which is that your answers to our questions are always so

> clear and

> > eloquent, and often, depending on the question, tailored so

> wonderfully to the

> > individual ... I also wish to thank you, from the depths of my

> heart, for

> > your answer to Manoj's question. "complete absorption into the

> causal body"

> > gives me quite a bit to think about. But I also want to say, that

> everytime I

> > have come across this, whether it is the digest of one of the

> texts you have

> > translated, I so very much appreciate the way you break down

> words letter by

> > letter to come to the entire meaning.

> >

> > One cannot get this from a Sanskrit dictionary. And it is

> invaluable without

> > doubt. I learn more about the complexity of this sacred language,

> and each

> > time I come across one of these breakdowns of a word into the

> individual

> > letters, my heart always leaps in joy, while my mind is doing its

> best to absorb

> > the information. Is there any possibility that you may one day

> write a

> > Sanskrit primer? Pranams and thank you for taking the time to

> answer these questions.

> >

> > and

> >

> > Thanks to Manoj for asking the question.

> >

> > Jai Maa , Jai Swamiji ~ Linda

> >

>