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Re: Siva as yogi?
Ken Stuart <kstuart@snowcrest.net> wrote:
>On Sun, 12 Nov 1995 09:59:07 +0000, Hare Krishna Susarla wrote:
[snip]
>>The basis for accepting something as scripture has nothing at all to do with
>>whether or not it sanctions our personal opinions. A text is accepted as
>>scripture when it presents perfect knowledge. The texts you refer to are all
>>powrusheya texts, and as such, they cannot be put on the same level as the
>>mainstream Vedic literatures, which came from God Himself through the
>>authorized disciplic succession.
>
>According to the Kashmir Shaivites, their scriptures came from God
>Himself through the authorized disciplic succession.
[snip]
>>....you have to explain to me how "each
>>sect or religion is as equally valid as the others" when they all say
>>something different.
>
>Because all the parts that differ are not essential.
>
>The great founders of all the religions, when pressed, revealed that
>Love and Devotion to God is the only essential component.
>
>Everything else is just helpful methodologies which differ from one
>group to another in the same way that Ford maintenance differs from
>Honda maintenance.
Well said, Ken.
To my way of thinking, a better approach to resolving these questions
of spiritual authority is to try living the path to God that you have
selected, and, when you have succeeded in your practice, ask God, if
the question of scriptural authority still seems important to you.
It does little good, in my experience, to argue when there is not
already a fundamental agreement concerning what is right, or true, or
authoritative. It seems almost that to argue, wasting time that could
otherwise be spent in sadhana or in good acts, is a repudiation of
your path, or at least, wrong priorities. The emphasis always seems
to be "My path is better than your path!" and the focus, "Me!" or "My!"
and not, "path."
Ray
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