Agony of the soul (?) etc

[Swami Vishvarupananda]

egodust wrote:
> It's a shallow assessment of Buddha's teaching to conclude he literally
> implied that Reality was an empty Void.

I totally agree.


> I would go further to say that the key to the substratum Self, if
obtained,
> unlocks the secret doctrine behind *all* the world religions, including
> Chritianity, Judaism, Islam, American Shamanism, among others.  Simply
> because the truth is universal, and civilization spawns cultures each of
> which produces individuals that somehow manage to discover it.
(Ramakrishna
> Paramahamsa made this very clear.)  Despite the fact that I favor Advaita
> Vedanta and believe it represents the purest and most efficient path to
the
> Absolute, doesn't prejudice me from recognizing the power intrinsic to
such
> Occidental proverbs as "The peace that passeth understanding," "Be still
and
> know that I am God," "I am That I am," "I and my Father are One," among
others.

This is beautifully put. You speak from my heart.

Om
Swami Vishvarupananda