Lesson -2 answers

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Pujya Guruji:

Pranam.

I am uncomfortable in attempting to answer question no

1 and 2 because all of my thoughts are from random

reading. From those readings I seem to have an

unstable, nebulous idea but I am unable to express

even that. Hence, I have gone back to my old books and

found some references which formulated my thoughts.

After an initial sort of introduction, the last

paragraph is role of God in my life. If my inference

is wrong, then just reflects my inadequacy and not of

the luminous authors.

 

Q-1-Try to define the role of God in your life.

 

Book –“An idealist View of Life” – by Dr.

Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan ( Publisher – Unwin Books)-

Page 10 – “We can not be certain that man is the last

and the supreme utterance of life. The chain

may as well extend to other links which may be

as different from him as he is different from

amoeba.”

Page 11 – “Morality is a working arrangement and it’s

sanction is a social necessity.”

Page 27 – “Our mental pictures of God are as varied as

we are.”

Page 28 – “No God seems to be final and no religion

perfect.”

Page 172 – “We have seen that a lack of understanding

between man and nature is the source of fear

which gives rise to religion.”

 

Book “Religion and culture” by Dr. Sarvapalli

Radhakrishnan (publisher Vision Books) –

Page – 22- “The goal of life is communion with the

Supreme. It is a life of realization, a gnosis,

an inner intuitive vision of God, when man

achieves absolute freedom and escapes from the

blind servitude to ordinary experience”

 

Hence, in my mind, above all seems to be as in the

book titled “The Science of Religion” by Parmahansa

Yogananda – page 1.

“Our ordinary conception of God is that he is

superhuman, infinite, omnipotent, omniscient and the

like. In this general conception there are many

variations. Some call God personal, some see him as

impersonal. ……. whatever conception of God we have, if

it does not influence our daily conduct, if every day

life does not find an inspiration from it, and if it

is not found universally necessary, then the concept

is useless.”

On page 39 Yogananda ji further say – “Proof of God’s

existence lies within us.”

 

Above quotations do not portray author’s total

concepts – but reflect what I think “ I feel” but do

not know for fact.

 

2. What have you done in the past one year to come

closer to God?

I happen to come across book entitled “Yoga Philosophy

of Patanjali” by Swami Harharananda Aranya and some

other sources on Yoga. I understand it more and

realized for the first time that Yoga is a way to that

Supreme energy, that supreme power, that eternal God.

I could attempt the journey by myself – but I prefer a

Guru ji. I am still trying to find one – and in the

mean time, I have had few failed starts. My journey to

liberation is matter of destiny – if I am to do so, it

will happen when He wants it to happen.

 

3. Which statement is more relevant:

(a) God is all, or

(b) All is God

 

Both statements have a common end point. “God is all”

impresses me more – just because sentence starts with

Him.

 

4. How is the role of a Jyotish different from a

priest?

 

We now know that during era of Rig Veda, Ygna and

sacrifices were conducted by priests according to

precise astronomical calculations. Even the Ygna Kund

(Altar) was constructed according to strict and

precise astronomical calculations. It is my

understanding that those astronomical calculations

were the basis of Jyotish too. That combined role of

priest and Jyotishi is still often seen in India.

However, many a times, someone prefers to be only a

priest to conduct religeous ceremonies according to

our Vedic traditions. These ceremonies may be related

to our life before birth, while we are alive and after

our death.

 

However, a Jyotishi interprets our current life

according to our Karma as reflected by influence of

Heavenly bodies. Any suggested recourse may be

conducted by Jyotishi, if inclined so, or by a Priest

who invariably will know the Vedic tradition.

 

Thank you , Guru ji. Please excuse me if I rambled and

did not make sense.

 

Yours

 

Arvind Kumar.

 

 

 

 

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