SrI: Dear Sriman Suarshan : The just concluded series on the "Vedantin " of Athens was delightful to follow . Thanks very much for annotating the dialog with strands from VedAnta .The series are thought provoking. With all best wishes , V.Sadagopan ----- Original Message ----- From: "sudarshan madabushi" <mksudarshan2002@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <tiruvenkatam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <srirangasri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 2:12 AM Subject: [Oppiliappan] Socrates: The "vEdAntin" of Athens -- #14: CONCLUDED Dear friends, This is the last of postings on the series "Vedantic echoes in Socratic Thought" that I have dispatched to the T'venkatam Group List. In this concluding posting is reproduced parts of the famous dialogue between SOcrates and his disciples Simmias and Cebes, just days before the Master's death in Athens. It contains a brilliant exposition by Socrates of many philosophical strands in traditional Greek thought. At many places, however, during his wonderful discourse a keen student of Vedantic philosophy can easily recognize the strong resonance of ancient Vedantic thought, concepts and themes --- viz.: âsarira-sArira sambhandaâ, âkarma-bandhaâ, âsamskAraâ, âtri-guNaâ, âatma-shuddhiâ, âmumukshuâ, âkaivalyAnubhavamâ and âmOkshAnandamâ. Those of you who have been following this series of postings of mine, please do enjoy this concluding one and share your feedback/views. Best Regards, Sudarshan MK ******************** Socrates: No indeed. A philosopherâs soul will take the view which I have described. It will not first expect to be set free by philosophy and then allow pleasure and pain to reduce it once more to bondage, thus condemning itself to an endless task; no, this soul brings calm to the seas of desire by following Reason (âvivEkamâ) and abiding always in her company, and by contemplating the true and divine and unambiguous and drawing inspiration from it; because such a soul believes that this is the right way to live while life endures, and that after death it reaches a place which is kindred and similar to its own nature, and there is rid forever of human ills. After such a training, my dear Simmias and Cebes, the soul can have no grounds for fearing that on its separation from the body it will be blown away and scattered by the winds, and so disappear into thin air, and cease to exist altogether. ************************* CONCLUDED ------------------------------------ Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan http://www.sadagopan.org Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:Oppiliappan-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:Oppiliappan-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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