Guest guest Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 > From "The Garland of Guru's Sayings" > > Part I - The Quest > > 6. Illusory Appearance of the World > > 83) Lord Ramana, the Supreme Being, embodied in the physical form, for the > purpose of conferring on us the true knowledge, the supreme consummation of > life, in His composition "Reality on Forty Verses" has given accent to the > doctrine of "Vivarta", as a stepping stone out of sheer compassion for the > dull witted, to enable them to be ready to grasp the final Truth of Ajata. > > 84) All these universes of names and forms, manifesting through the mind, > in the form of sensory knowledge, are only the exteriorization of hidden > desires in the heart. Know that their manifestation through the five > senses is only a repetition of an old tale. > > 85) Know that Self-Awareness shines merely as the world of names and forms, > but is not a causal being performing threefold deeds of creation, > preservation, and destruction. > > 86) Do not ask why this bewilderment has come upon us, not knowing that > this world is only a manifestation of oneself. Following the sovereign > path of enquiring, "To whom is this bewilderment", comes the realization > that all this has never been for us, the Awareness-Being. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 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. _________ALL-NEW Messenger - sooooo many all-new ways to express yourself http://uk.messenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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