Именно иллюзия пытается низвести Форму Бога (Нараяна-сварупу) до формы и поведения человека (нара). Имеются различные способы устранения этой иллюзии, соответствующие нуждам каждого страждущего. Но все виды лечения и все усилия должны быть направлены на достижение опыта бытия Нараяной и на отбрасывание ограниченной, связанной, относительной сущности Нары. Это – единственный результат, который достигается всеми многообразными способами. Пока человек не поймет самого себя, заблуждения и сопутствующие им огорчения не могут прекратиться.
~ SAI
Маркандея Санскрит Колледж, Аукирипали,
Маркандея Санскрит Колледж, Аукирипали,
22-1-1960
Usually, when you are asked where God is, you point to the sky or some such distant place and say He is there, as if He is just a Person and has a definite place of Residence. But man (nara) himself is God (Narayana), each one of them; God (Madhava) is man (manava), each one of the species. So the number of Gods is thirty-three crores, as given in the spiritual texts or, as can be calculated today, much more.
It is delusion that has induced the embodiment of God to imagine and behave as if he is just a man (nara). To remove that delusion, there are various means suited to the needs of each sufferer. But all the treatment and all the struggle is to achieve the experience of being Narayana and discard the limited, bound, relative entity, nara. That is the one harvest yielded by all the various processes. Until one understands oneself, the delusion and the resultant grief cannot be ended.
Usually, when you are asked where God is, you point to the sky or some such distant place and say He is there, as if He is just a Person and has a definite place of Residence. But man (nara) himself is God (Narayana), each one of them; God (Madhava) is man (manava), each one of the species. So the number of Gods is thirty-three crores, as given in the spiritual texts or, as can be calculated today, much more.
It is delusion that has induced the embodiment of God to imagine and behave as if he is just a man (nara). To remove that delusion, there are various means suited to the needs of each sufferer. But all the treatment and all the struggle is to achieve the experience of being Narayana and discard the limited, bound, relative entity, nara. That is the one harvest yielded by all the various processes. Until one understands oneself, the delusion and the resultant grief cannot be ended.
