Guest guest Posted September 4, 2002 Report Share Posted September 4, 2002 Jaya Guru Datta, Here is today's saying: “5. Shraddhaa Shraddhaa means conviction or faith. It is now clear that the first four aspects are achieved with the help of discrimination. Discrimination in turn, comes from the knowledge of scriptures. Those who teach us the scriptures are Gurus. Only when we have unflinching faith, we can understand those aspects properly. We will be able to experience them too. Therefore, Shraddhaa or faith is the basis of the above four aspects. We experience different feelings. For example, feelings such as 'this body is mine' and 'I am this body'- both are experienced by us (this is a paradoxical thinking because that which belongs to us should always be different from us). When we set out to analyse these experiences and find out the truth, sometimes the words of the scriptures and Gurus may seem absurd. But if we have faith in their words and analyse properly, we will realise the absurdity in our thinking. Eventually, we will realise that the teachings of the scriptures and Gurus are true. Before this truth is realised, if we start doubting the validity of the scriptures and the Gurus, we will be compounding our problems. Therefore, only when we firmly believe that the words of the scriptures and Gurus are true and that our doubts are purely due to our ignorance, we will qualify to experience Truth. Such a steadfast faith is called Shraddhaa." Sri Swamiji Lessons in Vedanta - 27 part V Bhakti Mala, January, 1998 Sri Guru Datta, Swamiji Says _ Communicate with others using Lycos Mail for FREE! http://mail.lycos.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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