There is no worshipping Rajas in Maharishi's movement- Raja's are worshipping Bhagavan. "The most ingenious one of all is the > one who worships Paramatma to always stay happy in th[is] world and > the other world." This the role of these Rajas, and not what Guru Dev is referring to here, the state of Rajas represented at that time. The word ingenious is instructive- this post is what is known as "disigenious"
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > About performing worship there is almost nothing to say. If you do not > worship Bhagavan [God] then you will fall down worshipping the raja, > the nobleman, the merchant and the moneylender. [...] > > Whoever will not worship Bhagavan is then a licentious & base person > who will fall down and worship the raja, the nobleman, the merchant > and the moneylender. If you will not get help from the greater then > you will fall down and accept assistance from the lesser. > > Therefore it is the wise mind that goes for the support of Paramatma > [God] who gives what we desire in both this world and the next. > > However well-off a man has become, afterwards his wealth will only > remain limited and also sometimes shifts (worsens), that day can be. > Therefore don't look for support from one whose condition is not > settled, then you will rise up. The most ingenious one of all is the > one who worships Paramatma to always stay happy in th[is] world and > the other world. > > [Shri Shankaracharya UpadeshAmrita kaNa 4 of 108] > translation - Paul Mason © 2007 > http://www.paulmason.info/gurudev/upadesh.htm#kaNa4 >
