Discourse on 28th aug - Final part
Published by Mysorean on Thursday, September 01, 2005 at 4:00:00 am.
Sloka 19:
(Continued)
The knowledge of "Atman" is called "Paramartha". If we desire to see God, we struggle to see God. How do we do it? The tremendous desire to know God should come into the mind. Once this comes in, desire for petty things go off.
Neither anything nor any person exists apart from the "Brahman". It's the truth of the "Brahman". You must be able to see God in samadhi and outside world also. There are many in the outisde world shrouded under the cover of names and forms. What does it matter if a person is from a certain caste, certain religion, etc.? This is a higher state of mind. Hence Swami Vivekananda called Americans as "Brothers and Sisters" during a time when people from overseas were called "untouchables" or vaishyas!
You should be able to see God with both open and closed eyes. God is inside and outside as well. As long as we refuse to recognize the "Atman" of other people, we haven't achieved a higher state of mind. Unless we have realized the highest truth we will keep coming back to this world. He that sees many in this world of one is still in ignorance.
(As told by Swami Gautamananda in the discourse on "Brihadaranyaka Upanishad" Chapter 4, Section 4, on 28th August, Sunday at RK Math, Mylapore, Chennai)
We shall continue this discourse in the early part of next week.
Tomorrow: Character building Religion
(Continued)
The knowledge of "Atman" is called "Paramartha". If we desire to see God, we struggle to see God. How do we do it? The tremendous desire to know God should come into the mind. Once this comes in, desire for petty things go off.
Neither anything nor any person exists apart from the "Brahman". It's the truth of the "Brahman". You must be able to see God in samadhi and outside world also. There are many in the outisde world shrouded under the cover of names and forms. What does it matter if a person is from a certain caste, certain religion, etc.? This is a higher state of mind. Hence Swami Vivekananda called Americans as "Brothers and Sisters" during a time when people from overseas were called "untouchables" or vaishyas!
You should be able to see God with both open and closed eyes. God is inside and outside as well. As long as we refuse to recognize the "Atman" of other people, we haven't achieved a higher state of mind. Unless we have realized the highest truth we will keep coming back to this world. He that sees many in this world of one is still in ignorance.
(As told by Swami Gautamananda in the discourse on "Brihadaranyaka Upanishad" Chapter 4, Section 4, on 28th August, Sunday at RK Math, Mylapore, Chennai)
We shall continue this discourse in the early part of next week.
Tomorrow: Character building Religion
