from another group ADVAITHA AS A RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY:-
Advaita has many mansions. Reality is neither cold nor passive. It is ever dynamic in relation to the world or beings. It is this approach that makes Advaita more fascinating. ... It is not only a metaphysical view but also a religion. As a theory, it helps us in understanding the Absolute, as a religion it translates the values of the Absolute in our life. It thus arrives at a direct experience of the Absolute. If the Absolute is one side of the coin, the Go of religion is the other side. The fundamental problems of metaphysics are eternal. Why and How does the Absolute seem to attain the relative condition? Is there a necessity for this? Equally important is the question how a man develops his personality in relation to the absolute values? It is seen that there are three strands of Advaita. Popular or Naive Advaita where concessions are shown to make the point of Advaita popular. Advaita as understood by the critics, and Advaita as such- ie., the experience of it. While the former two are subjects for discussion, the last one gives the intuitional or ontological stand of Advaitic experience. It is necessary for us to direct contemplation towards the ontological , and to reorient the former from the perspective of the ontological. Realisation requires the attunement of the whole being of the aspirant to enable him to become the whole of being. Utilisation and glorification of the the personality- be it intellectual, moral or aesthetic- betrays an underestimate of the Absolute or the Infinite both as truth and ideal. No interpretation of Reality that ignores the inner connections and harmonies of the infinite aspects of being can attain the infinite. The ideal, the comprehension, the endeavour, the feeling - all these count in the approach to reality, which is Religion. * * <http://sig.graphicsfactory.com/>* நல்லதுசெய் நல்லதே நடக்கும் *जन सेवा ईश्वर सेवा * *cnu.pne* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to thatha_patty+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
