There is a trend among modern Hindus and Westerners to consider Jnana as intellectualism and mental speculation. It is however not. Nor is it a false sense of arrogance that one has attained a heightened state, given their lifestyles. That is Ahamkara and Avidya, not Jnana in Advaita. Neo-Advaita is perhaps one of the most dangerous and most corrupted forms of modern Hinduism to come out. Advaita itself overall becomes grossly misunderstood and misinterpreted in literal terms, not understanding the traditional meanings and implications behind the concepts, none of which can be imposed upon the literal mind and physical world. The culture today, even Hindu is largely often one of the Asuras, of rajas - it asserts its authority and aggressive nature to assert the rule of the Ego, not of the Self and tradition or Devas. -Ved Kovid, Durgadas
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 22:22:29 +0000
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