Dear Dr.Ramakrishna: Your comments to your response to point 1 , the following Upanishadic passages came to my mind: The passage is from KenOpanishad: The student asks the question and the AchAryan responds: Question: kEnEshitham pathathi prEkshitham mana: kEna prANa: praTama ; praithi yuktha: kEnEshithAm vaachamimAm vadhanthi chakshu: srOthram ka u dEvO yunakthi (Meaning by Dr.NSA Swamy): Prompted by whom does the mind function in its objects? Being directd by whom does the chief vital air proceed to function ? By whom is this speech directed that people utter? Who is that effulgent God that directs the eyes and the ears? AchAryan's answer: SrOthrasya SrOthram manasO manO yath vAchO ha vAcham sa u prAnasya prANa: chakshuschakshu: athimuchya dheerA: prEthyAsmAllOkAdh amruthA bhavanthi (Meaning given by Dr.NSA Swamy): Knowing Him who is the ear of the ear , the mind of the mind , the speech of the speech , the life of life and the eye of the eye, the wise passing out of this world (through archirAdhi mArgam) after death become immortal.Such people become MukthAs. Through the next few manthrAs of this humbling Upanishad , teacher states that such informing and energizing principle (Brahman) is not to be known by the external or internal organs. This Upanishad goes on to say: Brahman is infinite and hence is not knowable as "This Much" with our limited faculties. It is unknowable in its fullness and totality but is known to one , who does not think it is of limited (aparicchinnathvAth BrahmaNa:) is the comment of Bhagavath RaamAnujA. In the concluding passage of the second khaDam of this Upanishad , the appeal is made to us for hurrying to gain Knowledge about Brahman as the possessor of unique attributes such as Sathyam , Jnanam and ananthathvam . The phalan of attaining amruthathvam (immortality ) through such attempt to know about Brahman is stressed . AzhwArs have stressed this same Upanishadic message intheir Paasurams ( Thirumangai in His Periya Thirumozhi paasurams on BadrikAsramam and elsewhere). NamO NaarAyaNaa ! V.Sadagopan >Priya Bhagawatas, >Asmadsrigurubhyonamaha!!! > >With reference to the following mail, adiyen would like to put forth >some points > >"""" >Sangeetha <sangs5@xxxx> wrote: > Hello Everybody, > Greetings. I am Sangeetha, Vadagalai Iyengar. I have a very basic >doubt on whether god is >really listening to our prayers and whether he is with us. I am not able to find an answer to this. I will be greatful if any one of you could share your mystic experiences. > With Warm Regards > Sangeetha >"""" > >1. Regarding the first point that 'whether god is really listening to >our prayers and whether He is with us'; it should be noted that if it is not so, one will not only be able to even raise such a question at all, but also will not be able to read this messagel itself, because due >to Him only all the pancha indriyams are working (led by the mind) as >declared by Himself in Srimadbhagavadgita. ************************************************************** * Sent from Computer.Net Web Portal: http://web.computer.net
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