shankara
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Abandon sectarian disputes! There are two doctrines: THE DOCTRINE OF THE EYE and THE DOCTRINE OF THE HEART. The former sees the external differences between things. The latter perceives their fundamental unity.
Cease to argue over words! All words are merely ways of pointing towards the GREAT REALITY. They are the husks which contain the seeds of corn, the seeds are the truth of LIVED EXPERIENCE.
No revelation is final and absolute, all have their specific purposes, all have the intent to bring human beings (the “Intellectual Animal”) to the point of practising good ethics and walking a spiritual path.
THE LOTUS SUTRA compares different revelations to the case of a father whose children are playing in a burning house. He says to some “I will give you a cart pulled by deer if you leave the house”, to others “I will give you a cart pulled by oxen”, to others “I will give you a cart pulled by horses”. The children, excited by the promise, leave the burning house and are saved. Yet he doesn’t give them the carts he promised, rather he gives them all carts pulled by oxen (the Mahayana Dharma, the Way of the Bodhisattva).
What’s the point? He did not lie, and even if he had not given them the cart pulled by oxen, he would still not be lying, because his intention was to save the children from the burning house. All REVELATIONS have this same intent, to make people turn away from the games of creation, from illusory temporary pleasures, towards DIVINITY.
All doctrine is provisional. All dogma is degeneration of an originally pure message. The Heart of Religion is PRACTISE, not theory, not belief nor unbelief.
If we would only UNITE then the dark forces would be no match for us! Their strategy is “DIVIDE AND CONQUER”, as evidenced by the multiple personalities of the Monarch Mind-Control Slaves. Disputing about words is a hellish condition of life. Nobody has the whole of the TRUTH, different cultures, religions and people have different pieces of the puzzle.
A GNOSTIC TEACHER stated:
“The Truth is the unknown from moment to moment, our minds must be always alert with full attention, free from prejudices, misconceptions, so it can be really receptive”
All Holy Names are Names Of God. All Revelations are Revelations of God. The Mind (Animal-Intellect) is an obstacle to intimate spiritual realization of Truth, we must become open and recognize that all Revelations are different ways of understanding the same thing, their differences being only that they were revealed to different peoples and have different purposes.
Transcend THE DOCTRINE OF THE EYE and open yourself to THE DOCTRINE OF THE HEART. Salvation does not lie in holding one theory or another theory, do not be deceived.
Cease to argue over words! All words are merely ways of pointing towards the GREAT REALITY. They are the husks which contain the seeds of corn, the seeds are the truth of LIVED EXPERIENCE.
No revelation is final and absolute, all have their specific purposes, all have the intent to bring human beings (the “Intellectual Animal”) to the point of practising good ethics and walking a spiritual path.
THE LOTUS SUTRA compares different revelations to the case of a father whose children are playing in a burning house. He says to some “I will give you a cart pulled by deer if you leave the house”, to others “I will give you a cart pulled by oxen”, to others “I will give you a cart pulled by horses”. The children, excited by the promise, leave the burning house and are saved. Yet he doesn’t give them the carts he promised, rather he gives them all carts pulled by oxen (the Mahayana Dharma, the Way of the Bodhisattva).
What’s the point? He did not lie, and even if he had not given them the cart pulled by oxen, he would still not be lying, because his intention was to save the children from the burning house. All REVELATIONS have this same intent, to make people turn away from the games of creation, from illusory temporary pleasures, towards DIVINITY.
All doctrine is provisional. All dogma is degeneration of an originally pure message. The Heart of Religion is PRACTISE, not theory, not belief nor unbelief.
If we would only UNITE then the dark forces would be no match for us! Their strategy is “DIVIDE AND CONQUER”, as evidenced by the multiple personalities of the Monarch Mind-Control Slaves. Disputing about words is a hellish condition of life. Nobody has the whole of the TRUTH, different cultures, religions and people have different pieces of the puzzle.
A GNOSTIC TEACHER stated:
“The Truth is the unknown from moment to moment, our minds must be always alert with full attention, free from prejudices, misconceptions, so it can be really receptive”
All Holy Names are Names Of God. All Revelations are Revelations of God. The Mind (Animal-Intellect) is an obstacle to intimate spiritual realization of Truth, we must become open and recognize that all Revelations are different ways of understanding the same thing, their differences being only that they were revealed to different peoples and have different purposes.
Transcend THE DOCTRINE OF THE EYE and open yourself to THE DOCTRINE OF THE HEART. Salvation does not lie in holding one theory or another theory, do not be deceived.