At 07:49 PM 10/2/96 -0400, you wrote:
>Sri murthy wrote that this world is big institution driven by maya
>
>If one is of the stature of shankaracharya, yes one can say that this world
>is mithya/illusion. In my opinion one has to have the qualifications and
>experience.
It may not really be a matter of "learning." Maybe it's, actually,
a matter of "un-learning."
There is no quintessential difference between a so-called "saint" and
a so-called "sinner."
The only apparent "difference" is that the saint KNOWS this, and the sinner,
seemingly, doesn't.
>I cant stand infront of the world and say (Aham Brahmasmi) until I realize
>what it means.
There is NOTHING to "realize." And no separate "one" really "there" to
do the "realizing."
With Blessings,
Chuck Hillig