The Ultimate Question
In a hidden corner of our blog,
Rashmi Raghu uttered the following:
The concept of Oneness that is central to Vedanta. This concept leaves me with questions. To love everyone and enhance the brotherhood of mankind and Nature is possible even without this concept of Oneness. If we are already perfected beings with infinite power, why the veil of imperfection and bodily limitation - is there an explanation in Vedanta about why/how (or maybe I should say '*what* is the process by which') we 'lost' this knowledge of Oneness to begin with? (can a perfect God be covered by imperfections? that seems silly).
Somik Raha made the following noises:
Swamiji says that we are perfect. That is what Vedanta says too. The question to which he claims no answer is why we choose to think we are imperfect when we are perfect. If you look at the question logically, who is the only one that can know why you choose to think yourself imperfect?
Thinking deeper, what if one were to claim that there is nothing left to realize - you are It. The foundation of Advaita is on Adi Sankara's Jagat Mithya concept (echoed by so many saints thereafter and even forms the core of Guru Nanak's teachings). That you are not realized is an illusion you are creating. Wake up from this dream, is what Vedanta says. What are your thoughts?
Regards,
Somik
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Somik Raha
Graduate Student
Dept. of Management Science & Engg.
Stanford University
510-508-4877
somik@stanford.edu
http://www.stanford.edu/~somik/
"The purpose of life is a life of purpose" -- Robin S. Sharma in "The Monk who sold his Ferrari"
Rashmi Raghu uttered the following:
The concept of Oneness that is central to Vedanta. This concept leaves me with questions. To love everyone and enhance the brotherhood of mankind and Nature is possible even without this concept of Oneness. If we are already perfected beings with infinite power, why the veil of imperfection and bodily limitation - is there an explanation in Vedanta about why/how (or maybe I should say '*what* is the process by which') we 'lost' this knowledge of Oneness to begin with? (can a perfect God be covered by imperfections? that seems silly).
Somik Raha made the following noises:
Swamiji says that we are perfect. That is what Vedanta says too. The question to which he claims no answer is why we choose to think we are imperfect when we are perfect. If you look at the question logically, who is the only one that can know why you choose to think yourself imperfect?
Thinking deeper, what if one were to claim that there is nothing left to realize - you are It. The foundation of Advaita is on Adi Sankara's Jagat Mithya concept (echoed by so many saints thereafter and even forms the core of Guru Nanak's teachings). That you are not realized is an illusion you are creating. Wake up from this dream, is what Vedanta says. What are your thoughts?
Regards,
Somik
--
Somik Raha
Graduate Student
Dept. of Management Science & Engg.
Stanford University
510-508-4877
somik@stanford.edu
http://www.stanford.edu/~somik/
"The purpose of life is a life of purpose" -- Robin S. Sharma in "The Monk who sold his Ferrari"
posted by somik at 6:24 PM
1 Comments:
Then the question is.... Is god really plays a game with us? A very funny game where he instills free will here to make things interesting?
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