I've heard that according to the Veda: Brahman says, "My indestructible
maya."If a person has realized this and is living this in every moment, then
roles, indeed everything, would be both Brahman and maya.
At that point, surely life would not have to be one thing or the other,
contemplation or worldly role.
Maya is covering when tamas dominates; veil when rajas dominates and ladder to
reality when sattva dominates.
A friend once heard Maharishi say that we can not imagine how inclusive Brahman
is.
"Far in the distance is seen the owner of the house reverberating."
Hopefully not too sentimental (-:
From: "emptyb...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, July 3, 2015 11:02 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Roots of TM
Anyone read this stuff?
These types of biographies contain lots of valuable information. However, all
of them tend to be hagiographies written by Western psychophantic householders.
Consequently none of them reflect the ACTUAL view of sannyasa held by someone
like swami Brahmananda Saraswati. He was not just a sannyasin, but rather a
Danda-Sannyasin, which is a specific category of stict renunciation.
Danda-Sannyasins have no concern with the world at all. Rather, they take care
of simple bodily needs and use their remaining life moments to engage in
nididhyasana (contemplation). This means examination of the apparent difference
between the Awareness-Self and experience itself. Between Self and Other.
Between Brahman and appearances.
It also means contemplating the Upanishad declarations that Brahman is reality
itself (satyam), Awareness itself (jnanam), limitlessness itself (anantam) and
that this apparent world is that very Brahman itself.
Why did Swa. Brahmananda abandon this realization-practice to engage in a
role-playing position as a kingly Shankaracharya. This is never addressed by
the biographies but is glossed over with pious platitudes.
PS: Don't bother replying with "He loved us so much he wanted to save us from
ourselves" christian theologizing B.S. Also leave off the "He was a great
bodhisattva" Buddhist B.S. These types of answers will only demonstrate lack of
understanding the question.
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