Friday, June 23, 2006
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A place to meet for honest and positive dialogue about the School, and about the Teaching it exists to offer. Stop, listen, respond and participate. A principal reference point is the words of His Holiness Sri Shantananda Sarasvati.
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This probably relates to the questions about what "philosophy" means, as well as "school".
I suppose the second part is easier to come at - a "school" is where you get your basic knowledge and understanding; and then later, where you learn to think for yourself and discover new knowledge in the company of others. The community aspect of a school seems to me very important - without that we are alone and for most this means little prospect of progress.
Maybe for the School, we should be more clear about our offering - Advaita Vedanta. If you want to learn about this ancient tradition of philosophy, come here. Then, when you have learned about it, the School becomes a place where new knowledge can arise, new experiences can occur - a circus tent propped up by the pole of Advaita.
To quote Mr Jaiswal again (I found him inspiring, he also said that the purpose of the Sanscrit language is to raise the level of consciousness which has no limits. If you break one limit, he said, you will find another. So within these ideas (of Sanscrit) we have to use our intelligence without fear. Give up any ideas of 'insult' and 'cut down to size'. This is all the SES has to do.
Later on, he said, 'The purpose of SES is to take the individual to oneness.'
Given his exhortations to question and examine any sacred cows - it would follow that any perceived 'lack of oneness' may be safely examined.
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