2 – God’s Effortless Play, and the Devotee's Transcendental Joy| King Nimi’s Questions 2-4 | 2016 Jain Temple| Swami Tattwamayananda
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2 – God’s Effortless Play, and the Devotee's Transcendental Joy| King Nimi’s Questions 2-4 | 2016 Jain Temple| Swami Tattwamayananda
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-In Vedanta, God and creation are realized to be one.
-A spiritual seeker is able to have the insight that all happy and unhappy experiences will change and make use of this insight while working and living life.
-In the 12th Chapter of the Bhagavad Gita it is said that a devotee of God will have santushta, a deep unshakeable transcendental joy.
-From a devotional standpoint, creation can be explained as the play of the lord. There is no definite reason for it, so it is not tiring.
-Question 3) Why should the perfect Brahman become the imperfect universe? How can we explain Maya?
-Maya is explained as Ma (negation) and Ya (pronoun indicating something). It is a something that exists in the relative sense but that does not exist in the Absolute sense.
-Shankaracharya’s Vivekachudamani says it is beyond all explanation and a great mystery. We can ask why for many relative entities but can we ever answer the question of why for the entirety of creation? A person of spiritual insight is not deluded by this.
-A person who is not able to see through Maya has a constant feeling of need to acquire and achieve, and is stuck in Samsara.
-Question 4) How do we get out of this Maya?
-The experience of a real devotee is that every moment is a celebration and auspicious. We gain a higher spiritual bliss. We can get this only by seeing the limitation of all worldly experience. It is not a life-negating philosophy.
-In order to achieve para-bhakti, the mind should instinctively go towards God.
-Svadhyaya, sravana, manana, nididhyasana are all important practices.
-The Chandogya upanishad’s illustration of a man trying to reach his destination is given.
-A seeker should 1) Make effort to get to the truth to obtain fitness to obtain God’s grace. 2) Meet a teacher and sincerely listen to his instructions about the route. 3) Remain steadfast in following the instructions and not get distracted.
-The meaning of taking refuge in God is also explained. We can become an instrument in the hands of God.
-We can link our mind to God by developing an intimate relationship. The 12th chapter of the Bhagavad Gita explains the stages in this practice.
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