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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.
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CONCLUDED





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