Splitting hairs on a bald head

[Jonathan Bricklin]

God bless you.  Keep those reminders coming!

Metta,

Jonathan Bricklin

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> From: Gummuluru Murthy <gmurthy at MORGAN.UCS.MUN.CA>
> To: ADVAITA-L at TAMU.EDU
> Subject: Re: Splitting hairs on a bald head
> Date: Tuesday, November 18, 1997 7:11 AM
>
> On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, Gregory Goode wrote:
>
> >
> > > 2.  Nirguna Brahman, by definition, cannot be described.
> >
> > Agree!
> >
>
> If I can intrude into the discussion for a minute.
>
> It is true that Nirguna Brahman cannot be defined. But, why do we want to
> define Nirguna Brahman ?  The concept that Nirguna Brahman as the base of
> all is there and we are that Nirguna Brahman is all that is required. It
> is only our intellect that tries to define the Entity, but cannot define
> It and goes through the feelings of disappointment and elation. There are
> many writings what Nirguna Brahman is not (neti, neti of the upanishhads;
> nirguna, nishhkala etc descriptions by Shri Shankara in Viveka ChuDAmaNi,
> Atma Bodha, Upadesha sahasri).
>
> My feeling is: know the limitation of the intellect. While the intellect
> delving into what Nirguna Brahman is is a beautiful intellectual
exercise,
> it is all that is, a beautiful intellectual exercise and only of
> theoretical interest. See oneself as nishchalatvam that calm, quiet ocean
> with everything superposed on It which is not you.
>
> The above is not to curtail the nice discussion, but I thought I should
> express the futility of such an exercise. May be, the subject title above
> tells it all.
>
> >
> > Om!
> >
> > --Greg
> >
>
> Regards
> Gummuluru Murthy
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> ... aham-bhAvodayAbhAvo bodhasya paramAvadhih ...
>                         Shri Shankara in Viveka ChuDAmaNi (verse 422)
>
> The culmination of knowledge is the absence of the sense of "I" of the
ego
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