On 06/16/2011 08:18 PM, emptybill wrote: > Can we take our own future enlightenment as our ishta-devataa > (meditation deity) in this lifetime? > > > > One of the definitions of final enlightenment (samyak.sam.bodhi) is > omniscience (sarva-jñana) and supremacy over all states of existence. > > > > Patanjali Yoga Sutra 3.49 says: > > Only one discerning (khaati) the difference (anyataa) between purusha > and sattva gains supremacy (adhi.staat.rtva) over all states (bhaava) > and all-knowingness (sarvajñaat.rtva). > > > > The Buddha is said to be omniscient, but only in the limited sense that > although he can see whatever he chooses, he does not perceive everything > simultaneously, but must turn his mind to whatever it is he wants to > perceive. Thus in the Theravada tradition, the Buddha denies that anyone > can see everything in a single act of cognition (ekachaitanyam). > However, one of the signal events of a Buddha's enlightenment is > direct perception of his own past lives. This means he is not bound by > the conventional ideas of separation between the past, the present and > future. > > > > Thus the obvious question: > > > > In the future, in your fully enlightened state, are you looking at > yourself right at this very "moment"? > > > > Considering this ultimate universal-supremacy and omniscience, can you > take yourself as your own ishta-devatta, as that one who transforms you > into Tad-Ekam or "That One"? Not some airy-fairy "higher > self" but in the immediacy and directness of this present awareness? > ………………………………………………………………………………..
You ARE looking at your SELF but maybe not fully realizing it. :-D Ever look into the mantras used in ayurveda to calm the doshas? ------------------------------------ To subscribe, send a message to: fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: fairfieldlife-dig...@yahoogroups.com fairfieldlife-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: fairfieldlife-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
