Saturday, December 18, 2004

Notes from Classes with a Hindu Monk

The following 2 extracts are from the notes recorded during classes with a Hindu Monk, early 2000

'Ajara Amara' (death and immortality) – when in search of knowledge or prosperity think that you would never have death, or disease. When worshipping god (i.e., in spiritual practice) think that death's hand is in your head already.

‘Devo bhutva, devam ejeat’ (becoming God, we worship God). This is true on he methods of pooja ritual followed by certain sects (inluding the Ramakrishna Math), where the poojari attains a spiritual state through self-purification and only then can perform the pooja prescribed

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