[Advaita-l] An Important Pointer to Mumukshus

[Raghav Kumar Dwivedula]

Namaste Praveen ji
Yes I remember that joke of Pujya Swami Dayanandaji.

The Guru instructs the shishya 'tattvamasi'. Now the shishya understands
this teaching. And then if the shishya accidentally blurts out 'tattvamasi'
back at the Guru - the Guru can only shake his head - tsk tsk tsk - "hey
you don't have teach me, I am the Guru, so I know that already. So just own
up the knowledge yourself!" ...the shishya has to say "aham brahmAsmi" -
that's the idea...

Om
Raghav



On Sun 5 May, 2019, 9:58 PM Praveen R. Bhat via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> ... OTOH, when the sage teaches tattvamasi, the shiShya shouldn't say
> tattvamasi, as Pujya Swami Dayanandaji pointed out once! He should be able
> to say ahaM brahmAsmi.
>
> Kind rgds,
> --Praveen R. Bhat
> /* येनेदं सर्वं विजानाति, तं केन विजानीयात्। Through what should one know
> That owing to which all this is known! [Br.Up. 4.5.15] */
>
>
> On Sun, May 5, 2019 at 9:55 PM Praveen R. Bhat <bhatpraveen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, May 5, 2019 at 9:47 PM Murali k via Advaita-l <
> > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Can you please elaborate on what you meant when you said ' student has
> to
> >> take the standpoint of the sage?'
> >
> >
> > For example, Gita verses should be studied as Krishna, not as Arjuna;
> > meaning the aham of Krishna should be associated with instead of that of
> > Arjuna.
> >
> > Kind rgds,
> > --Praveen R. Bhat
> > /* येनेदं सर्वं विजानाति, तं केन विजानीयात्। Through what should one know
> > That owing to which all this is known! [Br.Up. 4.5.15] */
> >
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