Re: What does the Supreme really want?
Namaste,
Originally Posted by
R Gitananda
Does the Supreme really want our offerings or our devotion?
"Supreme" is a wrong word. Yajvan ji mentions "Wholeness" that is more aligned to Vedic use of the term, the great goddess Aditi and Her position; at the same time, though, I feel one shouldn't use the two terms alternatively.
To sum up, it is a false question.
Does he really want us to spread our concept of 'the truth'?
Yes we should do that if we want to survive. "Goodness" is not what is required, it is "Truth".
There is a correlation between "morality" and "intelligence": both mean "differentiating falsehood from truth".
Maybe even defend it to the death?
That is the Hero's destination, very desirable one. Death is just a start in some other place, after all. Plus, by doing this we help our posterity here on earth to survive/ progress better.
The Supreme is our final abode and if he is not beyond
want then how can we ever hope to transcend it?
Again, this is a false question due to the use of a wrong word "Supreme".
The consciousness of one who is beyond the gunas is
one of detachment as explained in Bhagavad Gita 14:22-25.
GuNa-s themselves transcend GuNa-s. Even "Sat-Chid-Ananda" represent "satva-rajas-tamas" at some level.
Was
Sri Bhagavan really hankering for beaten rice or was he just ecstatic that his
dear friend Sudama came to see him and was moved by his offering to him?
Now, this is a valid question (note the use of the word "Bhagavan"). And the answer is a most emphatic "Yes".
Can not a billionaire be moved to tears upon receiving
a gift made with his wife's own hands? Yes, but that
doesn't mean that he needed or was hankering for
that gift. It is the love that matters.
Is some different brand of Āstika brewing there up in USA? I wonder, because I again see the word "Supreme", and not "Bhagavan", written all over it. Bhagavan leads the way by His own example of showing us the ways of Truth. He is among us, among the poor as a poor, the rich as a rich, He shows us our own potentiality, and this is very unlike sitting up there the pedestal and demanding "love" from His hapless, clueless, bhakta-s.
Shri Ram,
KT
Things to remember:
1. Life = yajña
2. Depth of Āstika knowledge is directly proportional
to the richness of Sanskrit it is written in
3. Āstika = Bhārata ("east") / Ārya ("west")
4. Varṇa = tripartite division of Vedic polity
5. r = c. x²
where,
r = realisation
constant c = intelligence
variable x = bhakti
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