It is not a matter of what we merely want or like, but what we need. And that is a single thing: knowledge of our Self (jivatman) and the Supreme Self (Paramatman). God is the Self of our Self and can only be approached in that way. These other ways of viewing God do not even begin to do the needful.
Adi Shankara wrote that true bhakti is dedication and perseverance in the search for liberation, and that true jnana is the attainment of liberation. Yoga brings both of those about. Sadhana alone reveals the Sat, the Real.
Knowing one’s Self is knowing God. Without knowing one’s Self that meditates, imagining that there is a deity which is different and meditating on it, is compared by the great ones to the act of measuring with one’s foot one’s own shadow, and to the search for a trivial conch after throwing away a priceless gem that is already in one’s possession”
Adi Shankara wrote that true bhakti is dedication and perseverance in the search for liberation, and that true jnana is the attainment of liberation. Yoga brings both of those about. Sadhana alone reveals the Sat, the Real.
Knowing one’s Self is knowing God. Without knowing one’s Self that meditates, imagining that there is a deity which is different and meditating on it, is compared by the great ones to the act of measuring with one’s foot one’s own shadow, and to the search for a trivial conch after throwing away a priceless gem that is already in one’s possession”
No comments:
Post a Comment