Sunday, March 20, 2011

Thought for the Day - 20th March 2011 (Sunday)

Jivi (an individualized soul) can discard as many gross bodies in which it takes temporary residence, as the number of times one pares one’s nails. But the subtle body cannot be changed. It lasts and persists. This is the most secret doctrine of Bharathiya spiritual thought. Going further along this line of discovery, it can be known that man means a complex of the gross body, the subtle body and the Jivi. The Vedantic philosophy declares that the Jivi shares the quality of Nithya (Eternal Unchanging Everlastingness) with the Brahman.

Jivi (jiwa individual) dapat meninggalkan badan kasar yang mengambil kediaman sementara, pada kurun waktu tertentu. Tetapi badan halus tidak dapat diubah; ia abadi. Ini adalah ajaran paling rahasia dari pemikiran spiritual Bharathiya. Melangkahlah lebih lanjut sepanjang garis penemuan ini, maka akan dapat diketahui bahwa manusia berarti badan kasar yang kompleks, badan halus, dan Jivi. Filsafat Vedanta menyatakan bahwa Jivi mendiami Nithya (Abadi, Tidak Berubah-ubah, Kekal) dengan Brahman.

-BABA

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