Guest guest Posted May 19, 2004 Report Share Posted May 19, 2004 > > From "The Garland of Guru's Sayings" > > Part I - The Quest > > 1. Reality of the World (Cont'd) > > 28) Oh seekers! trying to escape from the world out of fear, know that in > reality there is nothing called the world. Fearing this world of > appearances is equivalent to fearing the false snake foisted on the rope. > > 29) Only during the waking and dream states, the outcome of thoughts, does > this world appear, and not in sleep, the absence of thoughts. Hence, know > that mere thoughts, in the form of experiences, to be the basis of the > world. > > 30) Though merely the outcome of thoughts, even during the absence of > thoughts in the mental poise of attentive consciousness, too, like a dream, > a world of fancy arises on account of overwhelming intensity of the fantasy > of the mind, created earlier due to inadvertence. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > From the book, "The Garland of Guru's Sayings" by Sri Muruganar,Sadhu Om Trans. __________ 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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