Not All Experiences Are Real

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Jaya Guru Datta,

 

Here is today's saying:

 

"Question. Why so much of beating around the bush? The experience of each and

everyone in this world is -'I am the doer'. Also, there can not be a different

doer for my actions! Such being the case, is it proper to propose an argument

that defies experience?

 

Answer. We are not defying experience. We are only examining deeply the existing

experience. It can not be said that all that is experienced is the truth. For

example, a child sitting in a moving train feels that the trees outside are

running in the opposite direction and that the train is stationary. Is this

experience real? No. It is only an illusion. Similarly, the feeling - 'I am the

doer' can also arise out of illusion (adhyaasa)."

 

 

 

Sri Swamiji

Lessons in Vedanta - 35 part II

Bhakti Mala, November 1998

 

Sri Guru Datta,

Swamiji Says

 

 

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