Japan
Jyeyasu, Tokugowa Shogun, 1600 (Tokio Court) paid such humble homage to the Mikado (Kioto Court) as to render the king absolutely helpless, a veritable stone-Thakurji. In the name of sanctity the Kioto Court was deprived of all political authority. A strong garrison...The Setting
The map shows India as a triangular peninsula in the south of Asia. Jutting into the sea, south of the vast Ganges plains, is the Deccan plateau. With thousands of kilometres of railways and thousands of kilometres of metal-roads, carrying bullock carts as well as the most modern motor-traffic-vehicles, there seems to be little difference between this Indian Deccan and any other civilised part of the world.
The Material Science
Its votaries sunk in the dark depths of their mine grow so short-sighted that they deny that the Sun shines. * * * * * The bird which builds a nest for offspring yet to come bears witness in its act to the omnipotence and continuity of a will for which the interval...Maya Problem
1. Avidya timir etc. diseases pertain not to the percipient: for where timir is removed by the treatment of the eye, the percipient is no longer subject to such perception. 2. Q: Whose is this avidya? A: By whomsoever it is seen. Q: By whom is it seen? A: There is no...Guru Gobind Singh
He hunts a lion, Hays him, sews the skin on the body of an ass. Sends the donkey to the town. People run away in fear. The donkey brays on seeing other donkeys. People discover the cheat and kill the animal. Upadesha – If ye want to wear the sinha garb, you must...Difference between love and cupidity
Love (Prema, Bhakti):— in Beauty that frees, that is, dazzling snows and sunset, such as we want to enjoy with others. Cupidity (Moha, sneha): —appreciate Beauty that enslaves; that is, in wife (or woman etc.); such as we want to engross or possess exclusively. Bhakti...The Fate of Golden Rule
“Do as you would be done by,” i.e. Put yourself in the place of the man towards whom your action is directed. Could you put yourself in the place of the robber and apply the Golden Rule? It is the refusal to continue the struggle for existence. The...Hunting The ‘I’
Sri Ramana Maharshi is well known wherever there is a longing for a life of Wisdom and Love, of inner Freedom. The Sage of Arunachala was an embodiment of such a higher life and a living proof that the longing for the highest Truth is no escapism for weaklings from hard facts to soft dreams, but the entrance to true Reality.