English translation of T. V. Kapali Sastry's commentary on Vasishtha Ganapati Muni's Sat-darshana - sanskrit version of Sri Ramana's 'Ulladu Narpadu' in Tamil.
T. V. Kapali Sastry's Sat-Darshana Bhashya (commentary) on Vasishtha Ganapati Muni's सद्दर्शनम् - a Sanskrit version of Sri Ramana's 'Ulladu Narpadu' in Tamil
D. -You have elsewhere stated that without the grace of the sad-guru one cannot get at the Self. How do you mean? What is this Guru ? M. -From the standpoint of the path of knowledge it is the supreme state of the Self, which is the sad-guru. It is different from the ego-self, what you call yourself. D. Then if it is the supreme state of my own self, how do you mean that I can’t get at it without the grace of the sad-guru? M. -The ego-self is the jiva. It is different from the Lord of all, sarvesvara. When through disinterested devotion the jiva approaches the Lord, the gracious Lord assumes name and form and takes the jiva into himself. ....... Therefore, they say the Guru is none other than the Lord. He is a human embodiment of the Divine Grace, *2(66T 250LD “ज्ञानित्वात्मैव मे मतम् ” says the Gita. The real Guru is God himself. What doubt is there? D. But there are some who seem to have had no human guru at all. M. True. In the case of certain great souls God reveals Himself as the Light of their light, from within. D. Then what is true bhakti ? M. --Whatever I do or consider myself doing is really the Lord’s doing. Nothing really belongs to me. I am here for the service of the Lord. This spirit of service really is परमभक्ति * 9MM Um 15 mo..........and the true devotee sees the Supreme Being as the Lord immanent in everything. Worship of Him by name and form leads one beyond all name and form. Devotion complete culminates in knowledge supreme. Even when bhakti, devotion, is actuated by worldly desires in the beginning, it does not cease when the desires are fulfilled. It increases by an unshakable faith growing perfect into a supreme state of realization. D. — Then what is the path of jnana ? M. – One becomes stripped of the ego and naturally settles himself in a supreme self-awareness. D. How can we say that both bhakti and jnana lead to the same goal ? M. Why not? Both the paths lead you to a state of supreme Peace, maunam, that passeth all understanding. Note. [All must accept that there is a Lord of all the jivas. It quite fits in with truth to take it this way if one is serious to make haste to get into what is called the sayujya state, the state of conscious union. c. f., Instructions to Natananand Swami.]
D. -You have elsewhere stated that without the grace of the sad-guru one cannot get at the Self. How do you mean? What is this Guru ?
M. -From the standpoint of the path of knowledge it is the supreme state of the Self, which is the sad-guru. It is different from the ego-self, what you call yourself.
D. Then if it is the supreme state of my own self, how do you mean that I can’t get at it without the grace of the sad-guru?
M. -The ego-self is the jiva. It is different from the Lord of all, sarvesvara. When through disinterested devotion the jiva approaches the Lord, the gracious Lord assumes name and form and takes the jiva into himself. ....... Therefore, they say the Guru is none other than the Lord. He is a human embodiment of the Divine Grace, *2(66T 250LD “ज्ञानित्वात्मैव मे मतम् ” says the Gita. The real Guru is God himself. What doubt is there?
D. But there are some who seem to have had no human guru at all.
M. True. In the case of certain great souls God reveals Himself as the Light of their light, from within.
D. Then what is true bhakti ?
M. --Whatever I do or consider myself doing is really the Lord’s doing. Nothing really belongs to me. I am here for the service of the Lord. This spirit of service really is परमभक्ति * 9MM Um 15 mo..........and the true devotee sees the Supreme Being as the Lord immanent in everything. Worship of Him by name and form leads one beyond all name and form. Devotion complete culminates in knowledge supreme.
Even when bhakti, devotion, is actuated by worldly desires in the beginning, it does not cease when the desires are fulfilled. It increases by an unshakable faith growing perfect into a supreme state of realization.
D. — Then what is the path of jnana ?
M. – One becomes stripped of the ego and naturally settles himself in a supreme self-awareness.
D. How can we say that both bhakti and jnana lead to the same goal ?
M. Why not? Both the paths lead you to a state of supreme Peace, maunam, that passeth all understanding.
Note. [All must accept that there is a Lord of all the jivas. It quite fits in with truth to take it this way if one is serious to make haste to get into what is called the sayujya state, the state of conscious union. c. f., Instructions to Natananand Swami.]
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