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Kamala Lectures. The Philosophical Discipline

1928

There is however this distinction between Self- control and"28 KAMALA LECTURES the rest on the one hand, and the sacrificial and other acts on the other, that while the former arc among the intimate or direct causes, the latter are non-intimate ; helping the knowledge only indirectly, through the desire to know. " That is to say, (a) the due fulfilment of the obligatory duties of the " life-stage [...] The notions of I " and " mine" with regard to the Body and other things, which are not the self, should be constantly discarded with the help of the true knowledge of Self, which is to be acquired with the help of a teacher who is himself calm, wise, devoid of all activities, fixed in Brahman and free from the shackles of the world. [...] Of these, the hankering after sense-enjoyment is set aside by Quiescence, Self- control and the other factors that form part of the process of " Hearing " the Vedanta texts ; the notions regarding the means of Self- knowledge are set aside by Reflection on the texts ; and the wrong notions regarding the Object of that knowledge are set aside by the " Meditation " of the texts (MadhustIdana's Intro [...] What is meant by " hearing " of the Vedanta texts is the ascertaining of the significance of the words with the help of reasoning ; and " Reflecting" stands for the ascertaining of the real character of the things spoken of by those words with the help of reasoning ; and " Meditating " stands for the concentrating of the mind on pure Consciousness. [...] In the above quotation the term Vedic Study" stands for all that is laid down for the Religious Student, the term "Sacrifice and Charity " indicates the duties of the householder, and the term " Austerity " indicates the duties of the Hermit in the forest ; so that the text may be taken as referring to the entire discipline of the e` life-stages " (p.
philosophy religion
Pages
182
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100014
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-xv Ganganath Jha view
Introduction
1-10 Ganganath Jha view
Chapter I. Discipline in Indian Philosophy
11-99 unknown view
Chapter II. Discipline in Other Oriental Systems
100-140 unknown view
Chapter III. Discipline in Western Philosophy
141-i unknown view

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