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Re: ARTICLE : Becoming Hindu
In article <ghenDzFo4C.F36@netcom.com>, skandar@nortel.ca says...
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>You have misunderstood him and his writings. Give me the exact quote.
>The concept of dharma IS MEANINGLESS to one who has achieved the Goal.
>Dharma, adharma, and all opposites are MEANINGLESS to the realized
>one. Dharma is the path, Dharma is not the Goal. As long as one has
>not achieved the Goal, one should walk the path of Dharma.
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By this logic, anything one says is meaningless, and
therefore the statements sastras are also meaningless,
and in fact your own are as well. So one might as well
make them in the closet from now on, since anyone's
hearing or appreciating is also meaningless, right?
I wholeheartedly invite you to do so, since I don't
buy what you're selling here.
>On another note, a few people have e-mailed me and asked how I
>could make such a statement, what proof etc. do I have, and
>so on. I shall say it again, one's own realizations are strenght
>enough.
Mahatma Gandhi believed this as well. But it isn't the standard
path taught by any great acaryas, nor by the sastras,
and therefore it is a subjective, highly risky position
to adopt, in light of our tendencies to makes mistakes.
mislead ourselves and others, mispercieve things, and
in general become illusioned by maya.
Let them claim whatever they want.
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In other words, "yato mat tato path."
But this doesn't work. You cannot stuff food into your ears,
squish it within your hands, or put it up your rectum and expect
to digest it just as when you put it in your mouth, properly
chew, and swallow it. There is a definite process, and those who
follow it get the result; those who don't imagine that they do.
This is discussed way back in the Isa Upanisad (mantra ten).
-m
