On 10/23/2014 9:02 AM, inmadi...@hotmail.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
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You are very good at quoting scripture and contents of text books (and
there is a value to that), but when you look to the honesty of your
moment to moment experience - What do you find?
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/Teachers and textbooks are like fingers pointing at the moon - they are
valid means of knowledge - we all depend on verbal testimony for most of
our understanding. SBS compared enlightenment to "Light" (Brahman). The
Absolute is already there; it doesn't require anything else to
illuminate it because it is an already established fact. The enlightened
state is described in the Indian rice analogy: you can remove the chaff
and it's still rice paddy. All you have to do is isolate the relative
from the absolute and be free. Just don't fall into the false belief
that the pointing finger is the moon itself./
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Put aside traditions and ancient wisdom - they are not relevant today
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/In this day and age hardly anyone reads or understands the Sanskrit
scriptures. The only hope for enlightenment in this age of Kali is to
practice karma yoga - giving up the fruits of your labor for the common
good and seeking out a qualified teacher so you can work out your karma
with diligence. /
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What are you bringing to the table?
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/"As in a pond, when its influx of water has been blocked, dries up
gradually through evaporation and use, so karmic matter, which has been
acquired through millions of lives, is erased through yoga; there is no
further unflux" - Wallah Sutra, I.4/
