Wonderful post. This is the path of discriminating buddhi from purusha. -Peter
--- akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > A few excerpts fform the Crest Jewel of > Discrimination -- Shankara > > > Action is for the purification of the mind, not for > the understanding > of reality. The recognition of reality is through > discrimination, and > not by even tens of millions of actions. 11 > > Proper analysis leads to the realisation of the > reality of the rope, > and this is the end of the pain of the fear of the > great snake caused > by delusion. 12 > > The realisation of the truth is seen to depend on > meditation on > statements about what is good, not on bathing or > donations or by > hundreds of yogic breathing exercises. 13 > > It is the wise and learned man, skilled in sorting > out the pros and > cons of an argument who is really endowed with the > qualities necessary > for self-realisation. 16 > > Discriminating and dispassionate, endowed with peace > and similar > qualities, and longing for liberation - such is the > man who is > considered fit to practise seeking for God. 17 > > The wise talk here of four qualities, possessed of > which one will > succeed, but without which one will fail. 18 > > First is listed discrimination between unchanging > and changing > realities, and after that dispassion for the > enjoyment of the fruits > of action both here and hereafter, and then the > group of six qualities > including peace and of course the desire for > liberation. 19 > > "God is the Truth and the world is unreal." It is > this realisation > that is considered discrimination between the > permanent and the > impermanent. 20 > > Supreme understanding springs from meditating on the > meaning of > Vedanta, and that is followed immediately by the > elimination of the > pain of samsara. 45 > > Linked with ignorance, your supreme self has become > involved in the > bonds of non self, and from that in samsara. The > fire of the knowledge > born from discriminating between these two will burn > out the > consequences of ignorance along with its very root. > 47 > > The cessation of that wrong identification is > achieved by right > understanding, and by no other means. Right > understanding is held by > scripture to be the recognition of the oneness of > God and oneself. 202 > > This recognition is achieved by right discrimination > between what is > truly oneself and what is not, so one must develop > this discrimination > between the conventional self and one's true self. > 203 > > To overcome the outward-turning power of the mind is > hard to > accomplish without completely eliminating the > veiling effect, but the > covering over one's inner self can be removed by > discriminating > between seer and objects, like between milk and > water. Absence of an > barrier is finally unquestionable when there is no > longer any > distraction caused by illusory objects. 344 > > Perfect discrimination, born of direct experience > establishing the > truth of the distinction between seer and objects, > severs the bonds of > delusion produced by Maya (the creative power, which > makes things > appear to exist), and as a result the liberated > person is no longer > subject to samsara. 345 > > > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. http://www.advision.webevents.yahoo.com/emoticontest To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
