Sage Vasishtha
Rama asked: Holy sage, how does this unreal world exist in the absolute Brahman: can snow exist in the sun?
Rama, this is not the right time for you to ask this question, for you will not be able to comprehend the answer now. Love stories are uninteresting to a little boy. Every tree bears its fruits in due season; and my instruction will also bear fruit in good time. If you seek your self with the self by your own effort, then you will clearly find the answer to your question.
Bondage is bondage to these thoughts and notions: freedom is freedom from them. Give up all notions, even those of liberation. First, by the cultivation of good relationships like friendship, give up tendencies and notions which are gross and materialistic. Later, give up even such notions as friendship, even though continuing to be friendly etc. Give up all desires and contemplate the nature of cosmic consciousness. Even this is within the realm of ideation or thought. Hence, give this up in due course. Rest in what remains after all these have been given up. And renounce the renouncer of these notions.
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Rama, this is not the right time for you to ask this question, for you will not be able to comprehend the answer now. Love stories are uninteresting to a little boy. Every tree bears its fruits in due season; and my instruction will also bear fruit in good time. If you seek your self with the self by your own effort, then you will clearly find the answer to your question.
Bondage is bondage to these thoughts and notions: freedom is freedom from them. Give up all notions, even those of liberation. First, by the cultivation of good relationships like friendship, give up tendencies and notions which are gross and materialistic. Later, give up even such notions as friendship, even though continuing to be friendly etc. Give up all desires and contemplate the nature of cosmic consciousness. Even this is within the realm of ideation or thought. Hence, give this up in due course. Rest in what remains after all these have been given up. And renounce the renouncer of these notions.
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