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Thursday, February 18, 2010

Manifestation, World, Pervasiveness, and Purpose - Chapter 12

Manifestation, World, Pervasiveness, and Purpose - Chapter 12 (Manav Vyavhar Darshan)
This is an attempt to translate chapter-12 - titled "लक्षण, लोक, आलोक, एवं लक्ष्य" - of Manav Vyavhar Darshan by Baba Shree A. Nagraj Sharma.

* Study is of Manifestation, World, Pervasiveness, and Purpose.

definitions:-

1. Manifestation:- Appearance, Attributes, True-Nature, and Dharma of entities of nature is called manifestation.
2. World:- Combination of conscious and inert nature is called world.
3. Pervasiveness:- Knowledge itself is pervasiveness.
4. Purpose:- The effort and experimentation for experiencing the union based on an entity's present-status is called purpose.

* Study is the activity of Seeing the World with knowledge. Study is seeing the entirety and its acceptance as movement towards experience (of student) in with (teacher's guidance as) experience-centric method.

* Purpose is either enjoyment, incidental-union, or experience in knowledge.

* The purpose of enjoyment is through activities of sensory-gratification (food, sleep, fear, and sex) and also activities for attaining progeny and prosperity.

* The purpose of incidental-union is influencing the public with some acquired capabilities or faculties - along with attaining acclaim (for humane-deeds).

* A human-being attached to sensory-gratifications desires fulfillment of one sensory-activity through another - which is impossible to achieve. A sensory-activity cannot be fulfilled by another sensory-activity - as it can either lead to decline or enhancement of first sensory-activity.

* All inert-activities are incomplete. An incomplete cannot attain fulfillment by acquiring another incomplete. Possibility of fulfillment is only upon experiencing in justice, dharma, and truth.

* The efforts that yield success (of experiencing in knowledge) through incidental-union can realize purity of human-ness - which naturally conserves humanness. The success of incidental-union is by experiencing the eternal-union.

* Experiencing the eternal-union by human-being is complete Awakening. Such awakened beings are sources of inspiration for awakening of others. This itself is called tradition of awakening.

* Study is observing, examining, and surveying the union of causality, quality, and quantity. Study is familiarization with Truth.

* The differences in views are due to incompleteness in above union.

The differences are the cause for opposition, conflict, revolt, hatred, counter-hatred, scepticism, terror, slavery and maliciousness, exploitation and war - in that order.

At the root of differences there have to be more than one sides of argument. If all of them are wrong, or at least one of them is wrong - then conflict is inevitable. If all are right, in that state there is no possibility of any conflict.

* The difference in purpose accepted gets manifested as differences in conduct and thoughts.

* The purpose is determined by seeing self, other, and circumstances.

* The decision-making by self is either complete or incomplete. The direction towards reality is "complete" decision, and direction towards illusion is "incomplete" decision.

* The study of purpose of living (vivek) and direction of living (vigyan) rooted in knowledge-essence are efforts towards reality. All other efforts are towards illusion.

* Human-effort is as work and behaviour.

* Human-actions of living and livelihood - with right and wrong intent - determine its future events and actions.

* Family is an expression of good or bad character - and accordingly are its accomplishments.

Posted by Rakesh Gupta

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