Guest guest Posted October 26, 2002 Report Share Posted October 26, 2002 Jaya Guru Datta, Here is today's saying: "The question before us is - can we say that Moksha is nothingness just because there is neither the body nor pain and pleasure perceived through the sense organs? The state of Sushupti is something which is experienced by us everyday. Is there the experience of the body during Sushupti? No. Is there the experience of pain and pleasure which is normally felt by the sense organs? No. Just because of these two reasons can we consider Sushupti a state of nothingness? Let us for a moment assume that it is a state of nothingness. In the wakeful state which ensues the Sushupti state, we recollect "I experienced bliss during Sushupti". This is everybody’s experience. Therefore, does it not follow that Sushupti is not a state of nothingness and that there was ‘bliss’ during that state and that there was ‘I’ which experienced that bliss? Therefore, just because the body and the pleasure experienced by the body are not present in that state, it can not be considered as a state of nothingness. By the same token, it can also be said that Moksha too is not a state of nothingness." Sri Swamiji Lessons in Vedanta - 33 part II Bhakti Mala, August 1998 Sri Guru Datta, Swamiji Says __________ Get 250 full-color business cards FREE right now! http://businesscards.lycos.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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