Kathopanishad

[Jaldhar H. Vyas]

On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, H.B.Dave wrote:

> just as servants carry out orders given by their master due to his
> authority (bhaya is to be interpreted here not as fear but as
> "authority") similarly all born beings follow strictly the rules of
> Brahma . Bhaya = authority (here there is a sense of acceptance of the
> position, in "fear" there is no acceptance of the position) Also,
> Brahma does not drive explicitly all born beings, but like Sun rising
> in the east, at which men and animals go about doing their daily work,
> about which Sun is not at all concerned, Brahma drives all, without
> being concerned, in an aloof fashion.
>
> Colloquially also we say "he is a god-fearing person". Does it mean
> that he is all the time afraid of God? It only means that he accepts
> the authority of God.

I like this explanation better than mine.  On rereading it, I seemed to
have given the impression Bhagawan should be thought of as some kind of
tyrant.  On the contrary He impartially allots fates to beings according
to their karma.

--
Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>

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bhava shankara deshikame sharaNam

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