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Re: Aham Brahmasmi - 4 0f 10
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> From: sadananda@anvil.nrl.navy.mil (K. Sadananda)
I think our good friend Sadananda needs to remember that this is alt.hindu
> Manishji, I do not know if you are familiar with the old testament- when
> Moses approaches the Lord on the Mount in the burning bush - Oh Lord! What
> should I say who you are. - the Lord replies - RI am that I amS This is
> beautifully depicted in the movie - Ten commandments. He does not say I am
> the Lord of Abraham or I am Krishna, Narayana, Siva or this or that. He
> identifies as I am that I am. i.e. I am the existence and the consciousness
> - that is the Sat and Chit aspects of the Lord.
Yes, and Jesus says "I have so much more to tell you, but you do not
have the ears to hear it" in Book of John in the New Testament. Similarly,
Judaism also recognizes that God only chooses to reveal Himself to them through
indirect symbols like burning bushes. When Mohammed goes to see Allah in the
QUran, Allah waits behind a curtain, telling Mohammed that he is not ready to see
Him. It's understood that God only chooses to reveal himself partially outside
of the scope of the Vedas (which are the full knowledge).
By giving the Judeo-Christian level of understanding equal footing with the Vedic
tradition is a pretty shaky idea, and only seeks to discredit very clear,
personalistic statements in the Vedas, such as most of the Isopanisad.
Yours,
Vijay
