Pressure and A-dvaita

Neeta Pasrija Neeta_Pasrija at NOTES.PW.COM
Tue Apr 29 00:00:35 CDT 1997


 >Happiness is a relative term, Sri shankara has told one can't worship
  >2 deity at the same time. So we can't claim that I am driving Toyota
  >corola and earning US $ still I claim dettached. Which is impossible.

Why can I not drive a Toyota Corolla, earn US$ and still be detached?  How
would it be easier if I was earning Indian rupees and driving a Maruti?

I don't think anybody has said it is a crime to earn an honest days living
(dollars, pounds, ruppees, or anything else) after having done an honest days
work.

  >I am not against US$ or Toyota Corolla, But Just imagine a guy joined
  >a new job earning 60k he takes weeks to decide which car to buy. So what
  >is that ????, He gets happiness in choosing the best car. So either one
  >should be totally dettached or accept this mundane world of "RAT RACE"
  >as a part of the culture.

Total detachment is a process. Does not happen overnite.  *May not* even happen
if one renounces the world.  Meanwhile, lets not accept and be a part of the
"RAT RACE" either.

  >Attachment to US $ and Honda Toyota drives One to go to US, common
  >don't tell it is for the "Quest  for  Knoweledge".

So we didn't come to the US for the "Quest for Knowledge", but one way or
another we all discovered that Brahman quest is the only true quest.

Is the battle outside or inside us???



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