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Re: Animal-Killing, and Soul-Merging Condemned
Ken Stuart (kstuart@snowcrest.net) wrote:
: 1) Shankara was an incarnation of God to lead people from an
: atheistic Buddhism to an impersonalistic Advaita, since the latter was
: better for them (even though it wasn't the ultimate viewpoint).
I felt the adrenalin, so perhaps I can reply. I feel that it is not the
'ultimate' motivation as opposed to not the 'ultimate viewpoint'. Once in
the presence of Paramatma, all should get straightened out.
Perhaps like the prostitute who sat patiently waiting for Haridasa Thakura
to stop chanting God's names, so she could have sex with him. Of course
he kept chanting, and chanting, and chanting, until her being became
purified of mundane desires, and she too became saintly in nature. :-)
--
THE RADMAN . . . . . . . . . Gary Stevason .... www.bhi90210.com/Athens/2108
Caitanya@torfree.net
"Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall
deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear." -- God, Bhagavad-gita
