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Articles: Philosophy | | Bhakti Yoga | |
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| Better interpret to a soceity or situation rather than reproducing volumes.
Posted by: Mr. M Kumar N At: 21, Aug 2003 4:59:56 PM IST
I like your article, its a good brief summary of the ideas behind the gita. To further comment on some the aspects of philosophy of our regilion. I find dualism and karma go hand in hand. I also like the buddhist attitude that there exists a causal web (karma), its the cessation of this web (a buddhist realizes the center is empty, as opposed to a hindu realizing the true self).
And your comment about the 5 senses can be corrected to 6 senses, the 6th being the mind.
the real nature of experience is locked in dualism. We cannont know, we cannot imagine what it would be like with dualism. Even to exist, it negates to not exist. To have a god, it negates . The only point we know where this happens is when one becomes enlightened, it happens when all karma is shed.
Through all this you have to remember experience is also empricial. It is only a reference that can lead you or show you the way. But if you become latched to it then you have failed, it speaks same about the personal gods. They are meant be used as a reference, they will lead you to a high road and when the time come you must go on.
Finally words and descriptions must be choosen very carefully when regarding to divinity and accepting dualism. You can't say GOD is good, or he all powerfull. God is beyond good and evil, beyond powerfull and weak, basically beyond our range of description or imagination. Even calling him God, binds him. To say God envokes power, and he is a force are all poorly misunderstood. Personal gods spark these ideas inside of us, we start out with karmic devotion (help god, I got a headache) like you talked about, next we move to action devotion (fasting, daily rituals), and next is the full devotional and realization will occur in the end.
These are just my thoughts.
Posted by: Mr. Vj kaza At: 21, Aug 2003 4:55:35 PM IST
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