Guest guest Posted May 17, 2004 Report Share Posted May 17, 2004 > From "The Garland of Guru's Sayings" > > Part I - The Quest > > 1. Reality of the World (Cont'd) > > 22) Know this world appearance of name and form, arising in the > transcendental Consciousness through the sensory perception, to be a mere > deceitful play enacted by the mind, which is a false creation in the > Existence-Consciousness-Bliss. > > 23) The knowers, who are aware of the non-existence of anything alien to > the pure knowledge of the Self, would not admit of the substantiality of > this world, devoid of any reality in the supreme Consciousness. > > 24) Like the hopeful parrot hovering around the silk cotton tree's red > flower, seeking pleasures, you wander around this world of false appearance > confounding it to be real by the mere fact of its appearance. If you judge > the world to be real, you could conclude the water in the mirage to be real > as well. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > From the book, "The Garland of Guru's Sayings" by Sri Muruganar,trans Sri Sadhu Om ===== Life is a pure flame,and we live by an invisible Sun within us. __________ Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger./download/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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