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Dear Renuka,

I do swear by the truth of Advaita. As I said faith is an predominant quality of mine. But there is a very strong scientific temper too in me so that a curiosity and urge to probe further is also there. I believe our masters generally are more concerned with the big picture and not with the mechanics. Rightly so because the focus was the inner self and hence conceptual understanding was enough.

Not only my nature but my own experience at the level of physical self has piqued me to understand the grand philosophy of our gurus down to its logical details. I also have great respect for the teachings of gurus other than Sankara as I believe they are basically only differences in perspectives. Accordingly I try to explore them in a non contradictory way so that the essence is not disturbed but the mechanics are understood.

Renuka, ours is a great tradition of respecting gurus and being faithful to them but I feel to make their teachings seep to the level of common man is a very worthy goal. Their precious teachings should not just remain the preserves of the intellectual elite.

<blockquote data-quote="sravna" data-source="post: 467775" data-attributes="member: 9210">Dear Renuka,I do swear by the truth of Advaita.&nbsp; As I said faith is an predominant quality of mine. But there is a very strong scientific temper too in me so that a curiosity and urge to probe further is also there. I believe our masters generally are more concerned with the big picture and not with the mechanics. Rightly so because the focus was the inner self and hence conceptual understanding was enough. Not only my nature but my own experience at the level of physical self has piqued me to understand the grand philosophy of our gurus down to its logical details. I also have great respect for the teachings of gurus other than Sankara as I believe they are basically only differences in perspectives. Accordingly&nbsp; I try to explore them in a non contradictory way so that the essence is not disturbed but the mechanics are understood.Renuka, ours is a great tradition of respecting gurus and being faithful to them but I feel to make their teachings seep to the level of common man is a very worthy goal. Their precious teachings should not just remain the preserves of the intellectual elite.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sravna, post: 467775, member: 9210"] Dear Renuka, I do swear by the truth of Advaita. As I said faith is an predominant quality of mine. But there is a very strong scientific temper too in me so that a curiosity and urge to probe further is also there. I believe our masters generally are more concerned with the big picture and not with the mechanics. Rightly so because the focus was the inner self and hence conceptual understanding was enough. Not only my nature but my own experience at the level of physical self has piqued me to understand the grand philosophy of our gurus down to its logical details. I also have great respect for the teachings of gurus other than Sankara as I believe they are basically only differences in perspectives. Accordingly I try to explore them in a non contradictory way so that the essence is not disturbed but the mechanics are understood. Renuka, ours is a great tradition of respecting gurus and being faithful to them but I feel to make their teachings seep to the level of common man is a very worthy goal. Their precious teachings should not just remain the preserves of the intellectual elite. [/QUOTE]

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