Ignorance is the lack of the divine ability to see the supramental Truth; it is the part of our consciousness that does not perceive, as opposed to the part that sees and knows the truth.
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Truth
Across world spiritual traditions, truth refers to a profound and often transcendent reality. Various traditions converge on the importance of seeking and understanding truth. However, they diverge in their perspectives on what constitutes truth and how it can be attained.
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The distinction between knowledge and ignorance starts with the hymns of the RigVeda, where knowledge means being conscious of the Truth and what is right, and ignorance is being unconscious of the Truth and what is right, opposing it and creating false or negative effects.
The Jivas are distinct from God and matter. According to Madhva, the difference between Brahman and Jiva is real.
Serve, love, give, purify, meditate, and realize
The Eternal is beyond time. Brahman is timeless, an eternal reality that transcends time.
A true devotee says, 'O God, you alone are the doer; you alone do everything.
God can be realized through truth alone.
The root cause of a person's suffering is their pride. Even if someone makes a sacrifice, they can still get caught up in their own pride. What is the point of such a sacrifice? It is pride, or ego, that should be sacrificed. That is where true happiness and bliss are found.
We have been given this human life to understand the all-pervading, omnipresent God. This knowledge can only be given by someone who has themselves realized God. Life becomes truly happy only after meeting such a God-realized person.
Truth alone triumphs, not falsehood. By truth is laid out the path of the gods, by which the sages, their desires fulfilled, ascend to where the supreme treasure of truth is.
सत्यमेव जयते नानृतं (जयति) सत्येन पन्था विततो देवयानः । येनाक्रमन्त्यृषयो ह्याप्तकामा यत्र तत्सत्यस्य परमं निधानम् ॥ ६॥
Of the unreal there is no being; of the real there is no ceasing to be. The truth about both of these has been perceived by the seers of reality.
नासतो विद्यते भावो नाभावो विद्यते सतः | उभयोरपि दृष्टोऽन्तस्त्वनयोस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः ||२-१६||
The true objective of life is to return to the source from which we originated.
Krishna told Arjuna that having even one occult power would prevent him from realizing God.
You may believe in a God with form or a formless God, but your faith must be genuine and complete. It is through faith alone that one achieves everything.
'That which is this finest essence — this whole world has that as its self. That is the truth. That is the Self. That you are, Svetaketu.' 'Please, sir, explain it to me further.' 'So be it, my dear,' he said.
स य एषोऽणिमैतदात्म्यमिदꣳ सर्वं तत् सत्यꣳ स आत्मा तत्त्वमसि श्वेतकेतो इति भूय एव मा भगवान्विज्ञापयत्विति तथा सोम्येति होवाच
'That which is this finest essence — this whole world has that as its self. That is the truth. That is the Self. That you are, Svetaketu.' 'Please, sir, explain it to me further.' 'So be it, my dear,' he said.
स य एषोऽणिमैतदात्म्यमिदꣳ सर्वं तत्सत्यꣳ स आत्मा तत्त्वमसि श्वेतकेतो इति भूय एव मा भगवान्विज्ञापयत्विति तथा सोम्येति होवाच
'That which is this finest essence — this whole world has that as its self. That is the truth. That is the Self. That you are, Svetaketu.' 'Please, sir, explain it to me further.' 'So be it, my dear,' he said.
स य एषोऽणिमैतदात्म्यमिदꣳ सर्वं तत्सत्यꣳ स आत्मा तत्त्वमसि श्वेतकेतो इति भूय एव मा भगवान्विज्ञापयत्विति तथा सोम्येति होवाच
'That which is this finest essence — this whole world has that as its self. That is the truth. That is the Self. That you are, Svetaketu.' 'Please, sir, explain it to me further.' 'So be it, my dear,' he said.
स य एषोऽणिमैतदात्म्यमिदꣳ सर्वं तत्सत्यꣳ स आत्मा तत्त्वमसि श्वेतकेतो इति भूय एव मा भगवान्विज्ञापयत्विति तथा सोम्येति होवाच
'That which is this finest essence — this whole world has that as its self. That is the truth. That is the Self. That you are, Svetaketu.' 'Please, sir, explain it to me further.' 'So be it, my dear,' he said.
स य एषोऽणिमैतदात्म्यमिदꣳ सर्वं तत्सत्यꣳ स आत्मा तत्त्वमसि श्वेतकेतो इति भूय एव मा भगवान्विज्ञापयत्विति तथा सोम्येति होवाच
'That which is this finest essence — this whole world has that as its self. That is the truth. That is the Self. That you are, Svetaketu.' 'Please, sir, explain it to me further.' 'So be it, my dear,' he said.
स य एषोऽणिमैतदात्म्यमिदꣳ सर्वं तत्सत्यꣳ स आत्मा तत्त्वमसि श्वेतकेतो इति भूय एव मा भगवान्विज्ञापयत्विति तथा सोम्येति होवाच