The Myth of Philosophy - 2

Now after explaining the stories as just that, from the stand point of advaita, of course.

Now the others who are the major, whom the advaitins call dvaitins, will stand-up with a thousand objections (no matter whether they are quarter, half or three-quarter or even 99.99 % dualists J). Now, they also being Shastra should be taken care in a proper way.

Therefore, to complete the explanation, we start again.

From the advaitic standpoint of view, even the hymns sung by the great Acharya (ofcourse, it is Bhagavan Bhashyakara) also falls under this category, without any doubt. Is it not a blasphemy, as once you yourself accepted so, somewhere (speaking against the Acharya), if be asked, this will be accepted by the great Acharya Himself, very gladly.

As rightly any person with even little knowledge will understand, and you people who have come to Shastra, definitely posses more punya and more sharp wit, will ask, what about the others ? what others J

OK, from the standpoint of vyavahara, you also should have to accept, some reason. If I can exist, why not He or She.  As I had said in the previous blog, until one has the identification with the body – sense organ complex, all this is true, from that point, all that also can be true too.

Even the advaitins in the transactional plane, do accept, for different reasons, best known only to Them, when explaining about the gnanis (realized), as incarnation of A, B or C, where A, B or C can be any one of the deities from the pantheon of deities accepted.

If it is not a Sri Krishna, it is the Guru who is instructing Sri Arjuna, the Disciple and vice-versa.

If a person who does not accept these deities, he does not become less of a Sananta Dharma follower, than the one who accepts, one or more of the deities.

And this is why, when a person accepts one  Baba or any other Baba, still is a Practicing Hindu, by which we mean Sanatana dharma follower.Whichever way, the siddhis are not a quotient, but the knowledge of the Truth, in accepting the Babas, even for them.

Sanatana Dharma is an ocean which caters to people of different sections, therefore, the very same explanation of the philosophy becomes a very valid proof for the existence of their (!) God.

Smart Mouni Says “whether you believe or no believe OR know or no know, you are a Sanatana dharma follower, the moment you accept the Existence”.

The Myth of Philosophy

This is a question I was asked eons ago J, why is all our philosophy entangled with mythology.

For too long I have been dodging this question, now no more.

The question should be seen the other way; because, it is the mythology which is based on the philosophy, really.

As we discussed (in a independent lecture on Ramayana, available in the site), the whole of Ramayana is a quest of jiva, the Rama for the attainment of the moksha / vidya, the Sita. Because of the ego or ignorance which is the Ravana, the jiva has lost the Vidya. For this we have the viveka (discrimination) and vairagya (dispassion). Lakshmana, Ramas brother is the knowledge and Hanuman, is the dispassion. The monkeys along with the bali is the shamadi shatka sampatti, the six pre-requisites of the jiva required for the moksha. Shama etc, the control of mind – shama, control of the sense-organs – dhama etc.

Mahabharata, the pandavas as a whole is the jiva with the five members as the five koshas (sheaths) – namely Annamaya, pranamaya, manomaya, vignamaya and the anandamaya (the food sheath, vital air sheath, mind sheath, intellect sheath and the bliss sheath),  which wants to gain the supremacy over the demons. Duryodhana and the other kauravas are the vasanas, where the karna is one’s own mind who plays a major part on the other side. Here Bhima is the annamaya, Yudhishtira is the anandamaya, the other two nakul and sahadeva are the pranamaya and the manomaya (since the mind and the prana start from the same place), Arjuna is the vignamaya. Both karna and arjuna are the different facets of the same antakarana (inner organ), whereas arjuna is the sat-tarka (discrimination based on the scriptures) and Karna is the dus-tarka (the erroneous logic not based on the scriptures). The intellect is aided by the Guru called Sri Kirshna to gain the knowledge of victory or kingdom (svarajya).

With this the worldy knowledge of other things are sprinkled. Right from the psychology of different types, economy, politics. Romance, warfare etc. and most importantly the knowledge of the Self.

It is easy for us to show a human like or superhuman like figure to undergo all the similar troubles, for the ego of the ‘simple’ person getting satisfied

So, if I don’t believe in these myths, nothing lost, until one understands the purport for them, and the real knowledge behind them. Sanatana Dharma, is not based on these myths, but they serve the purpose as the ‘the ghost sitting atop neem tree’ J From the standpoint of the Self knowledge, even the vedas are deemed as non-real by the mundaka upanishad.Therefore, until one beleives in the body-sense complex, one has to accept the 'Myths' and the related karmas, like the Agni devata - fire god and Agni karma - the fire oblation.

Smart Mouni says, “is the story of Mario Puzo’s Godfather too based on this scheme” J.