BRAHMAM AND TEACHER.

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INTRODUCTION:-3.

AFTER EXPLAINING THE LOWER AND HIGHER KNOWLEDGE, THE CHANGELESS REALITY IS POINTED OUT TO BE ALL-PERVADING, SUBTLER TAN THE SUBTLEST--THE EVER LASTING, THE SOURCE  OF ALL. THE CREATION OF UNIVERSE IS EXPLAINED, WITH THREE BEAUTIFUL ANALOGIES OF SPIDER, PLANTS AND HAIRS ON THE BODY OF MAN, TO HAVE SPRUNG OUT OF ETERNAL BRAHMAM.


FRUITS OF RITUALS AND SACRIFICES ARE FINITE AND TRANSIENT. GOOD WORKS, NO DOUBT, LEAD THEM TO HEAVEN, WHERE REWARDS ARE QUICKLY EXHAUSTED AND THEY ARE FLUNG BACK TO EARTH. SINCERE SADHAKAS WHO ARE CONTENTED, SELF CONTROLLED AND TRANQUIL ARE ADVISED TO PRACTICE AUSTERITY AND MEDITATION IN SOLITUDE, APPROACH REVERENTLY A TEACHER WELL VERSED IN SCRIPTURES AND WELL ESTABLISHED IN BRAHMAM. SUCH A TEACHER ALONE CAN SHOW HIM/HER THE PATH TO LIBERATION. [To be cont-----d]

BY SWAMI CHINMAYANANDA.

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