[Advaita-l] Request to answer this question

[Michael Shepherd]

Murali ji,

I can guess what my guru would say to this  :
 'Speak only to the perfect self in them : that is not only the best thing
you can do for them; it is the only thing you can 'do' for them..'

To which he might add if he were in acerbic mood, 'Why burden them with your
compassion...?' !

Namasthe,
Michael

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Muralidhar Maddala
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Namasthe all,

Which is a more appropriate way  for a vedantist to respond/behave while
dealing with pains / sufferings of others ?

Do they attribute the situation to law of karma, explain the hidden rational
and help the sufferer realise?  Or do they practise to consider this
suffering as aspect of maya and opt to move on with
a prayer to reduce/remove  the suffering ?  Or do they opt to own the
responsibility and "act" to reduce the suffering out of the unconditional
love ?  What are the guildlines on this as per the shashtras?
Thankyou,
Murali



On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Bhaskar YR <bhaskar.yr at in.abb.com> wrote:

> Though the statement is convincing as it gives a practical example, how
> does one explain the different levels of suffering for different
> individuals? I mean, though everyone is the same, we all suffer
> differently. So we are bound to have anger, greed etc,.
>
> praNAms
> Hare Krishna
>
> How same electricity (power) appears as revolving force in fan and heating
> element in stove, cooling gadget   in refrigerator??  I think answer lies
> there...Due to nAma rUpa (name & form) upAdhi (limited adjuncts)
> sambandha, it appears that jeeva is suffering differently in different
> compartments of body, mind & intellect...but jeeva is neither sufferer,
> nor enjoyer, nor doer...thinking that I am doer, sufferer, enjoyer is the
> basic ignorance that vedanta asks us to get rid off through sAdhana....
>
> HariHari Hari Bol!!!
> bhaskar
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