Re: Svetasvatara Upanishad
Originally Posted by
soham3
----(3) Point is that instead of spending energy in becoming a moralistic person, one should spend time on Self-realization. Inadvertant killings on that path should be taken in stride & without remorse. And not only that but other transgressions can be there which should not cause any worry to spiritual seeker.
Namaste Soham,
This point of yours has value. As it is taught that when true knowledge dawns, one knows (experiences continously) that Atman, which is spirit, does not come into contact with anything -- any object or any action.
But to experience that truth, the mind needs to be free of attachment to Vishaya, in which case, thought of killing or any other transgression should not arise at all. In case transgressions take place, only a true Jnani who has totally given up the association with the body can be guilt and/or attachment free and no other.
The point is: One cannot crave for a bodily pleasure, preferentially for one's own so-called body, and then say "I am not attached".
Om
That which is without letters (parts) is the Fourth, beyond apprehension through ordinary means, the cessation of the phenomenal world, the auspicious and the non-dual. Thus Om is certainly the Self. He who knows thus enters the Self by the Self.
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