Comment below: --- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jan 2, 2006, at 9:10 PM, Marek Reavis wrote: > > > If Nisargadatta was speaking "generally" in those talks, withholding > > the "real methods" of realization then it would seem to me that he was > > a profound liar, inasmuch as the directness, simplicity and lucidity > > of what he says in those talks is so completely at odds with > > esotericism. > > Not necessarily. He may have felt there were few who were ready for > his teaching and therefore only taught what he taught to the masses. > It doesn't make what he shared a lie by any means. Christ is quoted > in one of the Gospels as saying he only talked in parables and > stories to the masses; his inner teaching was preserved for his > closer students. > > IIRC Ramana was an adept of Ma Kali, but he did not teach those > methods that I've ever heard. So it's interesting to me that > Nisargadatta was taught my a Nath but never taught anything from that > tradition. > > It's interesting to see how this new advaita thing is spreading. > **END**
Could you be more specific as to what you mean by the "new advaita thing"? It sounds as if you're implying something negative but I don't know enough to comment. Perhaps you are better informed than I, but it is my understanding that Ramana Maharishi was devoted to Shiva, in particular the holy Mount Arunchala, sacred to Shiva, that he considered his guru. Ramakrishna, however, was a devotee of Ma Kali and was a priest at the Kali temple in Calcutta. Maybe you have the two confused? If you read Nisargadatta it appears that he clearly believed he was teaching out of the Nath tradition, specifically what he had learned from his guru. However, from what I've read, his guru, Siddharameshwar, taught an understanding of the Nath tradition that may be at variance with others. Again, I do not have the expertise to comment more completely. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
