There is a great allegorical depiction of the Vedantic Triad in Indian Philosophy.
A cow with three calves – the cow represents the Universal Mind ( Maya ), the three calves are
The Relative Universe ( Jagat ) The Relative Ego ( Jiva ) The Relative Supreme ( Para )
The Triad is a projection of the Universal Mind, whose base is Absolute Being !
O Thou with and without Thy Maya Art known as Witness Consciousness Thy projections Three Are Thee in Reality ! All the forces of Nature Dissolved in Thee at Involution Only Thou existed then As Supreme Consciousness Bliss !
Maya sannihito pravishta vapusha Saksheethi geetho bhavan Bhedestham pratibimbitho vivisivan Jeevepi naiva para Kalatma pratibodhita cha vigata sanchothita cha swayam Maya sa khalu bhuddi tatvamasruja Dwyosau mahan uchyathe
There is a great allegorical depiction of the Vedantic Triad in Indian Philosophy.
A cow with three calves – the cow represents the Universal Mind ( Maya ), the three calves are
The Relative Universe ( Jagat ) The Relative Ego ( Jiva ) The Relative Supreme ( Para )
The Triad is a projection of the Universal Mind, whose base is Absolute Being !
O Thou with and without Thy Maya Art known as Witness Consciousness Thy projections Three Are Thee in Reality ! All the forces of Nature Dissolved in Thee at Involution Only Thou existed then As Supreme Consciousness Bliss !
Maya sannihito pravishta vapusha Saksheethi geetho bhavan Bhedestham pratibimbitho vivisivan Jeevepi naiva para Kalatma pratibodhita cha vigata sanchothita cha swayam Maya sa khalu bhuddi tatvamasruja Dwyosau mahan uchyathe
There is a great allegorical depiction of the Vedantic Triad in Indian Philosophy.
A cow with three calves – the cow represents the Universal Mind ( Maya ), the three calves are
The Relative Universe ( Jagat ) The Relative Ego ( Jiva ) The Relative Supreme ( Para )
The Triad is a projection of the Universal Mind, whose base is Absolute Being !
O Thou with and without Thy Maya Art known as Witness Consciousness Thy projections Three Are Thee in Reality ! All the forces of Nature Dissolved in Thee at Involution Only Thou existed then As Supreme Consciousness Bliss !
Maya sannihito pravishta vapusha Saksheethi geetho bhavan Bhedestham pratibimbitho vivisivan Jeevepi naiva para Kalatma pratibodhita cha vigata sanchothita cha swayam Maya sa khalu bhuddi tatvamasruja Dwyosau mahan uchyathe
There is a great allegorical depiction of the Vedantic Triad in Indian Philosophy.
A cow with three calves – the cow represents the Universal Mind ( Maya ), the three calves are
The Relative Universe ( Jagat ) The Relative Ego ( Jiva ) The Relative Supreme ( Para )
The Triad is a projection of the Universal Mind, whose base is Absolute Being !
O Thou with and without Thy Maya Art known as Witness Consciousness Thy projections Three Are Thee in Reality ! All the forces of Nature Dissolved in Thee at Involution Only Thou existed then As Supreme Consciousness Bliss !
Maya sannihito pravishta vapusha Saksheethi geetho bhavan Bhedestham pratibimbitho vivisivan Jeevepi naiva para Kalatma pratibodhita cha vigata sanchothita cha swayam Maya sa khalu bhuddi tatvamasruja Dwyosau mahan uchyathe
There is a great allegorical depiction of the Vedantic Triad in Indian Philosophy.
A cow with three calves – the cow represents the Universal Mind ( Maya ), the three calves are
The Relative Universe ( Jagat ) The Relative Ego ( Jiva ) The Relative Supreme ( Para )
The Triad is a projection of the Universal Mind, whose base is Absolute Being !
O Thou with and without Thy Maya Art known as Witness Consciousness Thy projections Three Are Thee in Reality ! All the forces of Nature Dissolved in Thee at Involution Only Thou existed then As Supreme Consciousness Bliss !
Maya sannihito pravishta vapusha Saksheethi geetho bhavan Bhedestham pratibimbitho vivisivan Jeevepi naiva para Kalatma pratibodhita cha vigata sanchothita cha swayam Maya sa khalu bhuddi tatvamasruja Dwyosau mahan uchyathe
The Noble End is referred to in the Sastras as Uthama Gathi. This happens when a man, saturated with the Beyond, aware of the Great Cosmic Game, seeks transmutation.
The Middle End is preferred by 80% of humanity. A man becomes a clerk, works hard, becomes a manager , marries, begets children. plays with his grand children and then dies. This is called Madhyama Gathi.
The Ignoble End is preferred by those who indulge in criminal acts. This is called Adhama Gathi. A man joins a smuggling gang, enjoys luxurious life, takes the sword and falls by the sword.
As we choose, the Self or the Lord shall fulfill Himself in us. If we choose a Madhyama Gathi, it can only end in a transient perfection.
The problem with Madhyama Gathi is that it is only a temporary ego satisfaction. It is only a transitory satisfaction and many are happy with such an arrested status.
The pramanam ( the verse for scriptural sanction ) for the three Gathis or the triune stages of Becoming is given in a verse by Bharthrihari.
Santhapta yasi samsthithasya payasu namapi na srooyathe Mukthakaradaya thad eve nalini patrasthitham drishyate Anta sagara shudhha madhya pathitham than mouktikam jayate Prayenadhama madhyamothamajusha evam vidha vrittaya.
When a water drop falls on hot iron, it vanishes If on lotus, it stays bright A pearl it becomes on an oyster’s shell So is the evolutionary end of ends triune
Initiates feel the upward pull of the Mind most of the time, inspiring them to speak and write about things celestial. The upward movement is the master movement of Nature. The upward pull is that which pulls us from death to immortality and actualises in this mundane plane, the blissful and the luminous Kingdom of Heaven !
These threefold Gathis or states of Becoming are classified by the Vedantic traigunya vishaya veda ( that all Knowledge is threefold and that Nature is made up of the triune attributes, satwas, rajas and tamas ).
Adhama Gathi is tamas oriented. Madhyama Gathi is rajas oriented and Uthama Gathi is satwa oriented.
Buddha and Sankara of course were two of the greatest philosophers to have graced this planet. Another equally great, Bhagavan Aurobindo, said so
“Buddha and Sankara thought the world to be miserable, hence escape from it to them was the only Wisdom ( Escapism ? ). But then the world is Being, the world is Self, the world is Truth, the world is Ananda, prajna prasrutha purani, Omnipotent Wisdom created this world ! It is not the organised blunder of some Infinite Dreamer ! It is only our perception of the world though the mentalised ego which is the suffering. The world is nothing but Anantamaya Krishna, the Lord playing in the world as Sat Chit Ananda “.
Sankara was an illusionist. Buddha was a Nihilist ( Shoonyavadi ). Their arguments only prove their world class calibre. One doctrine is not against another. That is why we said all perspectives – atheism, agnosticism, Nilhilism, Absolutism, ( Poornavada ) – are all contained in Indian Philosophy, which displays the greatness of I P.
Hegel’s Dialectical Idealism was reversed by Marx ( Dialectical Materialism ). Aurobindo integrated both Materialism and Idealism and called it Dialectical Integralism. He integrated Matter and Spirit. Matter is Brahman ( Padartham Brahma, Annam Brahma ) and is the outer garment of Spirit.
Matter is veiled somnambulist consciousness, which contains all the latent powers of the Spirit. Behind every atom, behind every molecule, there lies hidden and works unknown all the omniscience of the Eternal and the omnipotence of the Infinite. ( Aurobindo )
Spirit shall see thru Matter’s gaze Matter shall reveal the Spirit’s face !
Without an Opposition, there is no democratic process. Should all should extoll God? There should be somebody to criticise Him !
He is not a Human Being. He wont get angry either, like you or me. He is Being Absolute ( Sat ), Knowledge Absolute ( Chit ) & Bliss Absolute ( Ananda ) !
How can it be that Brahm Could make a world so miserable And if powerful, leave it so ! He is not good and if not all powerful He is not God !
Said Bhagavan Buddha in the Light of Asia ( by Sir Edwin Arnold ) . When asked who the greatest philosopher ever was, Bertrand Russell quipped ” Buddha .
Mammon led them on, Mammon, the least erected soul Who fell from Heaven And even in Heaven his looks were downward bent Admiring more The riches of Heaven’s pavemet, trodden gold
Said Milton.
Satan with his army carried the war into the Enemy’s camp. They raged against the Highest ! With his army generals, Beelzebub, Mammon, Lucifer etc, they fought against the tyrranny of Heaven, against Him who gives the Cross to good and the throne to Evil, who gives wealth to Evil and lack of wealth to the good, who gives destruction to the good and blessings to Evil !
Without an Opposition, there is no democratic process. Should all should extoll God? There should be somebody to criticise Him !
He is not a Human Being. He wont get angry either, like you or me. He is Being Absolute ( Sat ), Knowledge Absolute ( Chit ) & Bliss Absolute ( Ananda ) !
How can it be that Brahm Could make a world so miserable And if powerful, leave it so ! He is not good and if not all powerful He is not God !
Said Bhagavan Buddha in the Light of Asia ( by Sir Edwin Arnold ) . When asked who the greatest philosopher ever was, Bertrand Russell quipped ” Buddha .
Mammon led them on, Mammon, the least erected soul Who fell from Heaven And even in Heaven his looks were downward bent Admiring more The riches of Heaven’s pavemet, trodden gold
Said Milton.
Satan with his army carried the war into the Enemy’s camp. They raged against the Highest ! With his army generals, Beelzebub, Mammon, Lucifer etc, they fought against the tyrranny of Heaven, against Him who gives the Cross to good and the throne to Evil, who gives wealth to Evil and lack of wealth to the good, who gives destruction to the good and blessings to Evil !
Without an Opposition, there is no democratic process. Should all should extoll God? There should be somebody to criticise Him !
He is not a Human Being. He wont get angry either, like you or me. He is Being Absolute ( Sat ), Knowledge Absolute ( Chit ) & Bliss Absolute ( Ananda ) !
How can it be that Brahm Could make a world so miserable And if powerful, leave it so ! He is not good and if not all powerful He is not God !
Said Bhagavan Buddha in the Light of Asia ( by Sir Edwin Arnold ) . When asked who the greatest philosopher ever was, Bertrand Russell quipped ” Buddha .
Mammon led them on, Mammon, the least erected soul Who fell from Heaven And even in Heaven his looks were downward bent Admiring more The riches of Heaven’s pavemet, trodden gold
Said Milton.
Satan with his army carried the war into the Enemy’s camp. They raged against the Highest ! With his army generals, Beelzebub, Mammon, Lucifer etc, they fought against the tyrranny of Heaven, against Him who gives the Cross to good and the throne to Evil, who gives wealth to Evil and lack of wealth to the good, who gives destruction to the good and blessings to Evil !
