Sri Sandip Dasgupta
Dear
fellow devotees,
Welcome to the Buddha Purnima edition of our electronic magazine. In this editorial, I will begin with certain conversations between the revered Guru Ramana Maharshi and one of his devotees. These gems were picked up from a recent posting on Facebook!
Welcome to the Buddha Purnima edition of our electronic magazine. In this editorial, I will begin with certain conversations between the revered Guru Ramana Maharshi and one of his devotees. These gems were picked up from a recent posting on Facebook!
Q: Why does the waking state look so real?
A: We see so much on the cinema screen, but it
is not real; nothing is real there except the screen. In the same way, in the waking state, there
is nothing but Adhistan (substratum).
Knowledge of the world is the knowledge of the knower of the world. Both go away in sleep.
Let
us analyze this with the Light of Oneness that our beloved Sadguru, Sri Sri
Babathakur has showered on us. The Absolute I-Reality is the substratum amongst
all of us – just like the cinema screen is the substratum on which various
films, actions, emotions are enacted. The screen is real and everything enacted
on the screen disappears at the end of the movie. When the movie is running,
the spectator is led to believe that the events on the screen are real and they
get emotionally attached temporarily to the contents of the movie. The person
watching the movie is the Jiva, who is a reflection of the Supreme I-Reality. Yet, during the movie everything superimposed
on the screen appears to be real. This error of perception/judgment is due to ignorance.
As the Knowledge of Oneness dawns on the individual by the Grace of Sadguru
(who has realized the truth), the individual merges into His/Her real entity,
namely the I-Reality.
We have been extremely lucky to have received direct instructions from a Self-Realized Master like Sri Sri Babathakur. Now it is up to us to rededicate ourselves to repeatedly listen to His teachings, reflect on them, apply them to our daily activities, and strive to reach the goal of Self-Realization.
Starting with this issue, we shall electronically reproduce articles published in the Saccidananda Society's Sri Sanai magazine for the benefit of our readers.
We have been extremely lucky to have received direct instructions from a Self-Realized Master like Sri Sri Babathakur. Now it is up to us to rededicate ourselves to repeatedly listen to His teachings, reflect on them, apply them to our daily activities, and strive to reach the goal of Self-Realization.
Starting with this issue, we shall electronically reproduce articles published in the Saccidananda Society's Sri Sanai magazine for the benefit of our readers.
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