Knowledge of God in truth makes free us from religion, religious propagated Gods, heaven, hell, rituals, karma theory, prayers and worship, and Gurus.
Rig Veda: ~ 'Prajnanam Brahma'- Consciousness is the ultimate reality or Brahman or God in truth.
Do not accept any other God other than the Soul. The Soul is God in truth, Nothing is real but the Soul, which present in the form of consciousness. Nothing Matters but realize God in truth. God in truth is everywhere and in everything. Let these words be inscribed in your subconscious.
God in truth is hidden by the illusory universe. God in truth alone is real and eternal and all else is an illusion.
Brahman is merely a word to indicate the ultimate truth or God in truth. The ultimate truth itself is God in truth.
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All the religious scriptures and holy books are irrelevant -- God's greatest book is just in front of you. God is hidden by the universe.
Only when you open the book of the universe the God hidden in the book will be revealed. When you finish reading the book of the universe then the universe will become an illusion and God alone prevails as the ultimate reality.
That is why Sage Sri, Sankara says you must first know what is before you. If you cannot know that, what else can you know or understand? If you give up the external world in your inquiry, you cannot get the whole truth.
You have to study the book of the universe carefully and find and realize God hidden in it. All religions claim that their books are not man-made? Hindus claim that the Vedas are Aporsheya: not made by man but revealed by God himself; and Sanskrit is the divine language, not human. All religions have the same type of claim. Muslims say the Koran has descended from God, and so with Jews and Christians. Everybody is trying to claim that their book is the sacred book and nobody bothers to look at the real divine book.
This is what the real Veda, the real Koran, the real Bible is. This is the book, and all other books are man-made. Only this universe is the book that is authored by God, because, God is hidden by the universe.
The universe is real Veda, the real Koran, the real Bible is. The universe is the book, and all other books are man-made.
Only when you open the book of the universe the God hidden in the book will be revealed. When you finish reading the book of the universe then the universe will become an illusion and God alone prevails as the ultimate reality.
Sage Sri, Sankara: ~ VC~.63: "Without knowing and examining the universe, one can’t know the Truth, as the idea that the external world exists, won't go. It can go only by an inquiry into the nature of the external world.
Sage Sri, Sankara says: ~ “What is accepted without a proper inquiry will not lead a person to the final goal. On the contrary, such acceptance will result only in evil, in something which is detrimental to our spiritual progress. You are also part of the divine book of the universe! And whatever you have seen, known, believed, and experienced as an individual is part of it.
Sage Sri, Sankara says: ~ “What is accepted without a proper inquiry will not lead a person to the final goal. On the contrary, such acceptance will result only in evil, in something which is detrimental to our spiritual progress. You are also part of the divine book of the universe! And whatever you have seen, known, believed, and experienced as an individual is part of it.
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The Upanishads clearly indicate, studying scriptures is not necessary.
Katha Upanishad:~ This Atman cannot be attained by the study of the Vedas, or by intelligence, or by much hearing of sacred books. It is attained by him alone whom It chooses. To such a one Atman reveals Its own form. (Ch-II -23-P-20)
The Upanishads clearly indicate, studying scriptures is not necessary.
Mundaka Upanishad:~This Atman cannot be attained through study of the Vedas, nor through intelligence, nor through much learning. He who chooses Atman—by him alone is Atman attained. It is Atman that reveals to the seeker Its true nature. (3 –page-70 Mundaka Upanishad (Upanishads by Nikilanada)
Is it not necessary to study the Vedas or at least Prastnatraya (Bhagavad Gita, Dasoponishad, and Brahma Sutra all with commentaries) to ensure firm realization. attain realization, all that is not necessary. You want words of wisdom, but you do not require all the scriptures to quench your quest.
Bhagavan Buddha said:~
Do not believe spiritual teaching just because: ~
1. It is repeatedly recited,
2. It is written in scripture,
3. It was handed from Guru to the disciple,
4. Everyone around you believes it,
5. It has supernatural qualities,
6. It fits my beliefs anyway,
7. It sounds rational to me,
8. It is taught by a respectable person,
9. It was said to be the truth by the teacher,
10. One must defend it or fight for it.
However, only when it agrees with your experience and reason, and when it is conducive to the good and gain of oneself and all others, then one should accept the teachings, and live up to them." ....Buddha.
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Philosophers have made philosophy very complicated with their excessive analysis. Fortunate are the seekers who do not lose themselves in the labyrinths of philosophy.
Fortunate is the seeker who does not lose himSelf in the labyrinths of philosophy but by a perfect understanding of 'what is what' discovers the truth.
Self-Knowledge cannot be attained by the study of the Vedas and intellectual understanding or by bookish knowledge. Therefore, there is no use in studying the Vedas and other scriptures in order to acquire non-dual wisdom. That is why Buddha rejected the scriptures, and even Sage Sankara indicated that the ultimate truth lies beyond religion, the concept of God, and scriptures.: ~ Santthosh Kumaar
