Is It Necessary To study Rings and Rounds?
Ignorance and knowledge are the ascent and descent upon the same ladder. Ignorance is coming down the ladder, while knowledge is the going up the ladder, the same thing viewed from different standpoints.
If God is all – powerful, and we are God, why not hear, and see?
God manifests Himself on certain planes through the mind and on other planes through the body. He is interspersed throughout the Universe. If He were dependent, He would answer the desires and whims of man.
How is death brought about?
The mental and physical planes go hand in hand. Mental investigations should be carried on through the mind, but on the other hand we see that on the physical plane, work is done not only by the mind but also by the body. The mind does a great many things on the physical plane. Cables, ships, etc., are all manifestations of your mental ideas, but all these material things are brought into physical manifestation through the instrumentality of the body. Tools have to be used to construct ships, to make cables, etc. Is the mind the captain or the tools? The mind is also an instrument, not the agent.
Shall we ever have one religion to rule men alike?
The recognition of the fact that everybody’s religion is a question between him and his God, is one of the essential teachings of the Vedanta.
The recognition of the fact that everybody’s religion is a question between him and his God, is one of the essential teachings of the Vedanta.
Can A Man Living In The Twentieth Century Civilization Realize The Vedanta?
If a doctor is sick, the Vedanta says you are wrong when you do not take medicine from him, even though he may not be able to prescribe medicine for his own malady. The physician is sick because of some malady. He knows the remedy for the malady from which you are suffering, but does not know the remedy for the malady from which he is suffering. It may be that he cannot cure himself, but at the same time he can cure you.