{"id":14759,"date":"2024-04-09T11:20:57","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T11:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=14759"},"modified":"2024-04-09T11:22:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T11:22:32","slug":"the-myriad-manifestations-of-absolute-truth-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=14759","title":{"rendered":"The Myriad Manifestations of Absolute Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>\nIn his \" Apologia For Poetry \", the noble Sir Philip Sydney,\r\nDefended Poetry against the attack of a critic, Glosson.\r\nGlosson said that Poets are incorrigible liars and pied pipers,\r\nWhich Sydney countered saying they were Vates, Diviners !\r\n\r\nAverred Sydney \" It pleased the Heavenly Deity, through Homer et al,\r\nTo bequeath to us all Knowledge - logic, rhetoric, philosophy, natural and moral.\r\nThese sciences are called by Indians as Sastras,\r\nLogic is Nyaya Sastra and Natural Philosophy, Sankhya Sastra.\r\n\r\nEighteen such Sastras grace Indian Philosophy,\r\nIndian Philosophy is a humiliating term given,\r\nTo the eighteen methods of gaining Knowledge,\r\nScience of the Absolute and Affiliated Sciences may be a better term.\r\n\r\nHe who has undergone Divine Transmutation,\r\nAnd who can transmute others, is Bhagavan !\r\nIn Bhakti Yogic terms, they are all Incarnations,\r\nEither Partial or Full, Amsa or Poorna Avatars!\r\n\r\n( Bhavam Nihatya Yogam Dadati iti Bhagah )\r\n\r\nIn Thy Manifestation as Bhagavan Sankara,\r\nThou imparted the Wisdom of Advaita Vedanta Sastra.\r\nThou revived the Wisdom of the Absolute and Relative,\r\nAnd protected that system that taketh you to Unitive Knowledge.\r\n\r\n\r\nIn Thy Incarnation as Bhagavan Aurobindo,\r\nThou bestowed the Knowledge of Integral Yoga.\r\nPeople were arguing about different Yogas,\r\nBut Thou integrated them, embracing Him in all.\r\n\r\nIn Thy Manifestation as Bhagavan Kapila,\r\nThou bequethed the Wisdom of Sankhya Sastra.\r\nKnow 24 principles, live in Rhythm with Natural Law,\r\nWith Intellectual Love and be eternally free !\r\n\r\n\r\nIn Thy Incarnation as Bhagavan Satya Sai,\r\nThou taught us the value of Intellectual Love.\r\nThou declared \" Love is Divine Medicine\",\r\nAnd that Love Universal alone can redeem !\r\n\r\n\r\nIn Thy Manifestation as Bhagavan Dhanvantari,\r\nThou imparted the Knowledge of Ayurveda Sastra,\r\nThus medical knowledge was revealed first,\r\nAnd Thou extolled Continence as a Panacea for all.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIn Thy Manifestation as Bhagavan Patanjali,\r\nThou bestowed the Wisdom of Yoga Sastra.,\r\nWith a single definition, Thou adumbrated Yoga,\r\nExtirpation of Thought Waves is Yoga.\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/yogees.jpg\" alt=\"\" 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