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Re: Angkor Wat: Temple relief Heaven & Hell
Pradip Gangopadhyay <pradip@lism.usc.edu> writes:
>affected. In the divine abode there is only good and no bad. Sri Ramakrishna
>defines a liberated soul as someone whose mouth and thought are alike. That is,
>a liberated person will not only be good in conduct, but he will also be
>incapable of even thinking about bad things. So the law of Karma will not
>apply to him.
Who defines "good in conduct or bad in conduct ?" According to
my understanding, the law of karma will operate as long as "I am the
doer" thinking exists. For a unrealized person, the actions of the
self-realized may seem good or bad, depending on his ego but this does
not concern the GYani. The actions of a GYAni are beyond all duality,
including good or bad.
To give another example, we say Ramakrishna and Ramana etc suffered
in their last years on earth. But did they really suffer or do we think
they suffered since we still associate them with the body and form though
they don't associate themselves with their body.
Giri
