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| publications = The Theosophist, Vol. IV, No. 8, May, 1883. pp.204-205 | | publications = The Theosophist, Vol. IV, No. 8, May, 1883. pp. 204-205 | ||
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| translations = [https://ru.teopedia.org/lib/Блаватская_Е.П._-_Парабрахм_в_определении_ведантистов Russian] | | translations = [https://ru.teopedia.org/lib/Блаватская_Е.П._-_Парабрахм_в_определении_ведантистов Russian] | ||
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{{HPB-CW-comment|view=center|[''The Theosophist'', Vol. IV, No. 8, May, 1883. pp. 204-205]}} | |||
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I beg to call the attention of those who are interested in the question of “Personal, Impersonal, or No God,” to the following extract of a dialogue in Urdu which took place between myself and a Sannyasi (Brahmin ascetic) at Lahore Railway station on the evening of the 3rd instant. He is a Chela of a Vedantin Sannyasi of Benares known as Sankar-Giri Swami. He has studied, he said, Guru Gîtâ and Upanishads. He refused to give out his name, of course, for no Sannyasi will ever give it. | {{Style P-Quote|I beg to call the attention of those who are interested in the question of “Personal, Impersonal, or No God,” to the following extract of a dialogue in Urdu which took place between myself and a Sannyasi (Brahmin ascetic) at Lahore Railway station on the evening of the 3rd instant. He is a Chela of a Vedantin Sannyasi of Benares known as Sankar-Giri Swami. He has studied, he said, ''Guru Gîtâ'' and ''Upanishads''. He refused to give out his name, of course, for no Sannyasi will ever give it. | ||
Q.: Is God kind? | Q.: Is God kind? | ||
A.: Paramatma is the sat (essence) of everything and all the rest is mithya (illusion) brought on by ignorance. There is nought but Parabrahm. To whom or to what then can it be kind? | A.: Paramatma is the ''sat'' (essence) of everything and ''all'' the rest is ''mithya'' (illusion) brought on by ignorance. There is nought but Parabrahm. To whom or to what then can it be kind? | ||
G.: Do you pray? | G.: Do you pray? | ||
A.: To whom am I to pray? I do not, for I am myself Parabrahm. I only contemplate. Contemplation is a state of mind. | A.: ''To whom'' am I to pray? I do not, for I am myself Parabrahm. I only contemplate. Contemplation is a state of mind. | ||
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Q.: Are you then a nastika (atheist)? | Q.: Are you then a nastika (atheist)? | ||
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A.: I am a Buddhist, that is to say, a Vedantin of Sankaracharya’s school. | A.: I am a Buddhist, that is to say, a Vedantin of Sankaracharya’s school. | ||
I thrice questioned whether he was a Buddhist, and to my utter amazement he thrice replied in the affirmative. I am myself a strict orthodox Brahmin and believe in one Personal God, discarding the idea of the thirty-three crores of gods. | I ''thrice'' questioned whether he was a Buddhist, and to my utter amazement he ''thrice'' replied in the affirmative. I am myself a strict orthodox Brahmin and believe in one Personal God, discarding the idea of the thirty-three crores of gods. | ||
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{{Style P-No indent|Sialkot, | {{Style P-No indent|Sialkot, 4''th April'', 1883.}} | ||
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The above statement took place in the presence of a Chela from the north who corroborates the statement. | The above statement took place in the presence of a Chela from the north who corroborates the statement. | ||
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{{Page aside|451}}So true is the claim that there is no difference whatever between esoteric Buddhism and those Vedantins who understand the correct meaning of Sankaracharya’s teachings—the advanced Advaitees—that the latter are spoken of throughout southern India as Prachchhanna | |||
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So true is the claim that there is no difference whatever between esoteric Buddhism and those Vedantins who understand the correct meaning of Sankaracharya’s teachings—the advanced Advaitees—that the latter are spoken of throughout southern India as ''Prachchhanna Bauddhas''—or “Buddhists in ''disguise''” especially by the ''Viśishtâdvaitees''. | |||