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
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From: "sudarshan madabushi" <mksudarshan2002@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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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
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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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Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan
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