Guest guest Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Om Namah Sivaya For a Jnani who has realised the identity of his Inner Being with the Infinite Brahman, there is no rebirth, no migration, not even liberation; for he is already liberated. He has firmly established in an experience of the absolute Existence, Knowledge, Bliss, the Satchidananda Atman. The continued existence of the world and of his own body appears to the Jnani, only as an illusion, the appearance of which he cannot remove, but which cannot further deceive him, till the time when, after the decease of the body, he wanders not forth, but remains where he is and what he is and eternally was, the first Principle of all beings and things, the original, eternal, pure, free Brahman. While living and even when the body falls dead, the Jnani rests in his own essential Nature, his own Svarupa that is all-full, all-pure, timeless Consciousness and Bliss. The following assertions made by a Jnani constitute his own deepest convictions and experience. "I am Infinite, imperishable, self-luminous, self-existent. I am beginningless, endless, decayless, birthless, deathless. Never was I born. I am ever free, perfect, independent; I alone am; I pervade the entire universe; I am all-permeating and inter-penetrating; I am Supreme Peace and Freedom Absolute." A Jnani lives for ever; he has attained life everlasting. Cravings torture him not; sins stain him not; birth and death touch him not; he is free from all cravings and longings; he ever rests in his own Satchidananda Svarupa. He sees the one Infinite Self in all, and all in the Infinite Self which is his being; he remains for ever as the Infinite Self of Consciousness and Delight. ----Sri Swami Sivananda Sivaya Namah Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. Try it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 kind attn SS do we owe any duty to our body? can we bequeth our dead body to charity,medical education? can we renunce death karmas/rituals just as we renunce for sanyasi? gps --- Selvaratnam Selvakumar <selvauk wrote: > Om Namah Sivaya > > For a Jnani who has realised the identity of > his Inner Being with the Infinite Brahman, there is > no rebirth, no migration, not even liberation; for > he is already liberated. He has firmly established > in an experience of the absolute Existence, > Knowledge, Bliss, the Satchidananda Atman. > > The continued existence of the world and of his > own body appears to the Jnani, only as an illusion, > the appearance of which he cannot remove, but which > cannot further deceive him, till the time when, > after the decease of the body, he wanders not forth, > but remains where he is and what he is and eternally > was, the first Principle of all beings and things, > the original, eternal, pure, free Brahman. > > While living and even when the body falls dead, > the Jnani rests in his own essential Nature, his own > Svarupa that is all-full, all-pure, timeless > Consciousness and Bliss. The following assertions > made by a Jnani constitute his own deepest > convictions and experience. > > " I am Infinite, imperishable, self-luminous, > self-existent. I am beginningless, endless, > decayless, birthless, deathless. Never was I born. I > am ever free, perfect, independent; I alone am; I > pervade the entire universe; I am all-permeating and > inter-penetrating; I am Supreme Peace and Freedom > Absolute. " > > A Jnani lives for ever; he has attained life > everlasting. Cravings torture him not; sins stain > him not; birth and death touch him not; he is free > from all cravings and longings; he ever rests in his > own Satchidananda Svarupa. He sees the one Infinite > Self in all, and all in the Infinite Self which is > his being; he remains for ever as the Infinite Self > of Consciousness and Delight. > > ----Sri Swami > Sivananda > > Sivaya Namah > > > > > > Answers - Got a question? Someone out there > knows the answer. Tryit now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 Om Namah Sivaya Dissolution Of Elements At Death This physical body is composed of five great elements or the Mahabhutas, namely, earth, water, fire, air and ether. The Devas or gods are endowed with a divine or luminous body. The fire Tattva is predominant in them. In man the earth Tattva is preponderating. In the case of aquatic animals the element of water predominates. In the case of birds the element of air predominates. Hardness of the body is due to the portion of earth; the fluidity is due to portion of water; the warmth that you feel in the body is due to fire; moving to and fro and such other activities are due to air; space is due to Akasa or ether. Jivatma or the individual soul is different from the five elements. After death these elements are dissolved. They reach their primordial sources from the inexhaustible storehouse of nature. The element of earth goes and joins its storehouse of Prithvi Tattva. The other elements also go back to their sources. The dead body is bathed and newly clothed and is taken to the cremation ground where it is laid on the funeral pyre. The Mantras that are now chanted are addressed to the spirit. The spirit is invoked to throw out from its body its five Pranas or the vital airs, so that they may mingle with their counterparts in the external air. The body is then addressed to dissolve itself with its five material components of earth, water, fire, air and ether from where it originally arose. The body is then offered to fire. The spirit which is thus driven out of the body in consequence of the dissolution begins its onward march to the Beyond. The respective functions of the organs are blended with the presiding gods. Sight goes to the Sun from where it had its power of vision; speech goes to the fire, life-breath to the air, the ear into the quarters, the body into the earth, hairs into annual herbs, hairs of the head into trees and blood and semen into waters. ----Sri Swami Sivananda Sivaya Namah Parthasarathy Gopalan <gsarathy32 wrote: kind attn SSdo we owe any duty to our body?can we bequeth our dead body to charity,medicaleducation?can we renunce death karmas/rituals just as we renuncefor sanyasi?gps . Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. Try it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 kind attn SS! WHATEVER IS SAID AND DONE WHETHER WE CREMATE/BURRY/ABANDON THE DEAD.. IT NATURALLY MIXES WITH NATURE IN DUE COURSE! WHY ALL THESE RITUALS. CAN WE RENUNCE FROM RITUALS? GPS --- Selvaratnam Selvakumar <selvauk wrote: > Om Namah Sivaya > > Dissolution Of Elements At Death This physical > body is composed of five great elements or the > Mahabhutas, namely, earth, water, fire, air and > ether. The Devas or gods are endowed with a divine > or luminous body. The fire Tattva is predominant in > them. In man the earth Tattva is preponderating. In > the case of aquatic animals the element of water > predominates. In the case of birds the element of > air predominates. > > Hardness of the body is due to the portion of > earth; the fluidity is due to portion of water; the > warmth that you feel in the body is due to fire; > moving to and fro and such other activities are due > to air; space is due to Akasa or ether. Jivatma or > the individual soul is different from the five > elements. > > After death these elements are dissolved. They > reach their primordial sources from the > inexhaustible storehouse of nature. The element of > earth goes and joins its storehouse of Prithvi > Tattva. The other elements also go back to their > sources. > > The dead body is bathed and newly clothed and is > taken to the cremation ground where it is laid on > the funeral pyre. The Mantras that are now chanted > are addressed to the spirit. The spirit is invoked > to throw out from its body its five Pranas or the > vital airs, so that they may mingle with their > counterparts in the external air. The body is then > addressed to dissolve itself with its five material > components of earth, water, fire, air and ether from > where it originally arose. The body is then offered > to fire. The spirit which is thus driven out of the > body in consequence of the dissolution begins its > onward march to the Beyond. > > The respective functions of the organs are blended > with the presiding gods. Sight goes to the Sun from > where it had its power of vision; speech goes to the > fire, life-breath to the air, the ear into the > quarters, the body into the earth, hairs into annual > herbs, hairs of the head into trees and blood and > semen into waters. > > ----Sri Swami > Sivananda > > Sivaya Namah > > Parthasarathy Gopalan <gsarathy32 wrote: > kind attn SS > do we owe any duty to our body? > can we bequeth our dead body to charity,medical > education? > can we renunce death karmas/rituals just as we > renunce > for sanyasi? > gps > > > > Recent Activity > > 7 > New Members > > Visit Your Group > Y! Messenger > Files to share? > Send up to 1GB of > files in an IM. > > Mail > You're invited! > Try the all-new > Mail Beta > > Photos > Share Your Photos > via email & > Messenger > > > > . > > > > > > > Answers - Got a question? Someone out there > knows the answer. Tryit now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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