A True Vedantin

Friday, November 6, 2009, 17:25

Hearing Vedantic discourses may give the listeners a vague concept of the teaching, but only by living as Vedantins can they reach the state of perfection. Vedanta is not divorced from life. In fact, there is no known method of living a fuller life than by organising it upon a firm foundation of the Vedantic values of 'Oneness' and 'Truth'.

A true Vedantin is a balanced individual: neither is he overly intellectual nor has he allowed his emotions to sully his intellect. Discrimination and dispassion make the intellect acutely subtle. Love, kindness and tolerance, expand the mental qualities and emotions. When such an equally powerful mind and intellect are brought into play in a happy synthesis, in a given field of inquiry, out of the combination arises a third Divine owner, called the intution, the 'Gyan Chakshu'. The Self is experienced through this instrument.

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Swami Chinmayananda

Swami Chinmayananda the great master's lectures were an outpour of wisdom. He introduced the Geetha Gnana Yagna. He wrote a lot of books on spirituality, commentaries to Vedantic texts, children books etc. He then started spreading His teachings globally.....