"Sraddhavaan llabhate gyaanam".... (Gita, ch. 4 / 39).
Perhaps no other spiritual TERM has been so badly mauled by the priest class and so profitably polluted by the laity in Religion.
Sraddha is not blind-faith, as it is generally understood. IT is a healthy attempt at a clear intellectual appreciation of the secret depths of the significance underlying the words of the scriptures and the Teacher.
'That by which one understands the exact import of the scriptures as well as the pregnant words of advice of the preceptor is called SRADDHA by the wise ; by this alone does REALITY becomes manifestly clear' !.....(Adi Shankaracharya).
'Have FAITH, my son, have faith !
Have no delusion about this !
You are KNOWLEDGE itself !
You are the Lord ; You are the Self !
You are beyond nature!'.........(Sage Astavakra).
"Faith is the bird
That feels the light
And sings when.
The dawn is still dark"........(Tagore).
Perhaps no other spiritual TERM has been so badly mauled by the priest class and so profitably polluted by the laity in Religion.
Sraddha is not blind-faith, as it is generally understood. IT is a healthy attempt at a clear intellectual appreciation of the secret depths of the significance underlying the words of the scriptures and the Teacher.
'That by which one understands the exact import of the scriptures as well as the pregnant words of advice of the preceptor is called SRADDHA by the wise ; by this alone does REALITY becomes manifestly clear' !.....(Adi Shankaracharya).
'Have FAITH, my son, have faith !
Have no delusion about this !
You are KNOWLEDGE itself !
You are the Lord ; You are the Self !
You are beyond nature!'.........(Sage Astavakra).
"Faith is the bird
That feels the light
And sings when.
The dawn is still dark"........(Tagore).
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