[Advaita-l] Raama and advaita - a mocker

[V Subrahmanian]

On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 11:28 AM, Venkata sriram P via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste Murthy Ji,
>
> ................
> I earnestly request Sri Subramanian or any other knowledgable members to
> show /teach me the methodology for cognizing the same truth
> ....................
>
> Who would teach whom ?
>
> After certain stage of sAdhana in vichAra mArga, one is one's own
> spiritual master.  The Srimad Bhagavatam (11.7.20) says:
>
> आत्मनो गुरुरात्मैव पुरुषस्य विशेषतः ।
> यत्प्रत्यक्षानुमानाभ्यां श्रेयोऽसावनुविन्दते ॥ ११.७.२०
>

Thanks for pointing to this verse.

subbu

>
> "An intelligent person, expert in perceiving the world around him and
> applying sound logic, can achieve real benefit through his own
> intelligence. Thus sometimes one acts as one's own instructing spiritual
> master"
>
> You may please ponder over this profound statement made in Uddhava Gita,
> which is taught to Uddava by Bhagavan Krishna.
>
> regs,
> Sriram
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