Happy Blending Of Relative And Absolute
The word 'nity' is derived from the T root vernal and the suffix knit. It means "that which has the capability to lead”. The definition is Kshemarthe nayanam iterate nity. Ayana means "to lead"-as for instance the organ of the body which leads people towards external objects (the eye) is called nayanam-and nity is that which leads a unit being towards shame. And what is schema? As regards spiritual progress, there are two words, Kaylan and schema. Kalyanamastu means "Let there be spiritual progress" -and schema means the same as Kaylan. Kshemarthe nayanam ityartheniiti -that is, "That which leads you in a particular direction for your shaman is called niti." That which teaches you how to thieve, rob, and take bribes, is not The word "morality" is generally used as the English synonym for nity (nity as scripturally defined). Morality is that effort or idea which keeps a person away from sin-sin being that which is not prescribed in the Bible. Nitti is different from morality. There is no exact synonym for nity. Nitti has a very close association with Dharma. What is Dharma? That which sustains the jiva is Dharma. And the practical side of Dharma is expressed in the words Acharanat Dharma, that is, "Dharma is the assemblage of all your conduct"-the way you eat, speak, the way you perform sadhana. If your conduct is good, Dharma is with you; if your conduct is not good Dharma is not with you. And if Dharma is not with you, what comes about is your savannahs, or sarvatmaka vista-that is, your physical, mental and spiritual ruin. Now you may say that your Atman cannot be ruined. That is correct, but your Atman will not remain in the form of Atman. It will become crude. In the first stage of Dharma, the greatest helping factor is niti. In other words, the function of nitiis to help Dharma, to help dharmacharana (practice of Dharma). Thereforeniti plays a vital role in the life of a sad haka. But niti is not the culminating point of life, it is simply a starting point. In order to enter a house one has to pass through the gate, and this passing through the gate is niti. But one has not gotten intothe house simply by passing through the gate; to get in,one has knock on the door. The entering in-house after knocking on the door I Dharma sadhana. Just to be a moris not enough, it only provides onea passport to enter the house. As saabove, Acharanat Dharma ("Dharthe assemblage of all your conducand the first phase of your conduсare niti. Therefore those who are boy niti cannot be dharmic, and those who are dharmic cannot go against niti. Now, is niti a relative factor or a absolute factor? Niti is not cent perrelative, but it is not absolute, eithebecause niti does not have any direr elation with Paramatman-it canby its own force help one attain HinNiti is a happy blending of the relaand the absolute
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Happy Blending Of Relative And Absolute
The word 'nity' is derived from the T root vernal and the suffix knit. It means "that which has the capability to lead”. The definition is Kshemarthe nayanam iterate nity. Ayana means "to lead"-as for instance the organ of the body which leads people towards external objects (the eye) is called nayanam-and nity is that which leads a unit being towards shame. And what is schema? As regards spiritual progress, there are two words, Kaylan and schema. Kalyanamastu means "Let there be spiritual progress" -and schema means the same as Kaylan. Kshemarthe nayanam ityartheniiti -that is, "That which leads you in a particular direction for your shaman is called niti." That which teaches you how to thieve, rob, and take bribes, is not The word "morality" is generally used as the English synonym for nity (nity as scripturally defined). Morality is that effort or idea which keeps a person away from sin-sin being that which is not prescribed in the Bible. Nitti is different from morality. There is no exact synonym for nity. Nitti has a very close association with Dharma. What is Dharma? That which sustains the jiva is Dharma. And the practical side of Dharma is expressed in the words Acharanat Dharma, that is, "Dharma is the assemblage of all your conduct"-the way you eat, speak, the way you perform sadhana. If your conduct is good, Dharma is with you; if your conduct is not good Dharma is not with you. And if Dharma is not with you, what comes about is your savannahs, or sarvatmaka vista-that is, your physical, mental and spiritual ruin. Now you may say that your Atman cannot be ruined. That is correct, but your Atman will not remain in the form of Atman. It will become crude. In the first stage of Dharma, the greatest helping factor is niti. In other words, the function of nitiis to help Dharma, to help dharmacharana (practice of Dharma). Thereforeniti plays a vital role in the life of a sad haka. But niti is not the culminating point of life, it is simply a starting point. In order to enter a house one has to pass through the gate, and this passing through the gate is niti. But one has not gotten intothe house simply by passing through the gate; to get in,one has knock on the door. The entering in-house after knocking on the door I Dharma sadhana. Just to be a moris not enough, it only provides onea passport to enter the house. As saabove, Acharanat Dharma ("Dharthe assemblage of all your conducand the first phase of your conduсare niti. Therefore those who are boy niti cannot be dharmic, and those who are dharmic cannot go against niti. Now, is niti a relative factor or a absolute factor? Niti is not cent perrelative, but it is not absolute, eithebecause niti does not have any direr elation with Paramatman-it canby its own force help one attain HinNiti is a happy blending of the relaand the absolute
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are Shri Shri Anandamurti and kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy: Shri Shri Anandamurti and Speaking Tree,Times of India