When the sun rises many roads come in slight; but tell me, can a person take to all of them?

Question

Whatever use a well has in a place flooded with water, that much use there is in the Vedas for an enlightened person.

Though the Vedas speak of a variety of religious rites, we should accept only those which will conduce to our benefit. When the sun rises many roads come in slight; but tell me, can a person take to all of them? Or even if the earth is flooded with water, we take that much as will satisfy our thirst. So also the wise men reflect on the meaning of the Vedas and accept 6nly the eternal truth.

You have the right to action alone and never for its fruit; do not have the fruit of action as a motive, or attachment to action.

O Arjuna, listen.If your consider it this way, it is meet that you should perform your duty. After full consideration, I have come to this view that you should not give up your prescribed duty.But without hankering after the fruit of action or resorting to wicked deeds, you should perform only good deeds disinterestedly.

Source:-Jnaneswari

Any thoughts to ponder ?

Answer 1

Thank you so much for this gift, Jayakrish.

This is exactly what we need--the sharing of Divine Knowledge.

Will you be so kind as to accept this gift from my heart, in return:

Progressive Revelation

A great stumbling block to many, in the way of religious unity, is the difference between the Revelations given by the different Prophets. What is commanded by one is forbidden by another; how then can both be right, how can both be proclaiming the Will of God? Surely the truth is One, and cannot change. Yes, the Absolute Truth is One and cannot change, but the Absolute Truth is infinitely beyond the present range of human understanding, and our conceptions of it must constantly change. Our earlier, imperfect ideas will be by the Grace of God replaced, as time goes on, by more and more adequate conceptions. Bahá’u’lláh says, in a Tablet to some Bahá’ís of Persia:—
O people! Words are revealed according to capacity so that the beginners may make progress. The milk must be given according to measure so that the babe of the world may enter into the Realm of Grandeur and be established in the Court of Unity.
It is milk that strengthens the babe so that it can digest more solid food later on. To say that because one Prophet is right in giving a certain teaching at a certain time, therefore another Prophet must be wrong Who gives a different teaching at a different time, is like saying that because milk is the best food 123 for the newborn babe, therefore, milk and nothing but milk should be the food of the grown man also, and to give any other diet would be wrong! ‘Abdu’l-Bahá says:—
Each divine revelation is divided into two parts. The first part is essential and belongs to the eternal world. It is the exposition of Divine truths and essential principles. It is the expression of the Love of God. This is one in all the religions, unchangeable and immutable. The second part is not eternal; it deals with practical life, transactions and business, and changes according to the evolution of man and the requirements of the time of each Prophet. For example. … During the Mosaic period the hand of a person was cut off in punishment of a small theft; there was a law of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, but as these laws were not expedient in the time of Christ, they were abrogated. Likewise divorce had become so universal that there remained no fixed laws of marriage, therefore His Holiness Christ forbade divorce.

According to the exigencies of the time, His Holiness Moses revealed ten laws for capital punishment. It was impossible at that time to protect the community and to preserve social security without these severe measures, for the children of Israel lived in the wilderness of Tah, where there were no established courts of justice and no penitentiaries. But this code of conduct was not needed in the time of Christ. The history of the second part of religion is unimportant, because it relates to the customs of this life only; but the foundation of the religion of God is one, and His Holiness Bahá’u’lláh has renewed that foundation.
The religion of God is the One Religion, and all the Prophets have taught it, but it is a living and a growing thing, not lifeless and unchanging. In the teaching of Moses we see the Bud; in that of Christ the Flower; in that of Bahá’u’lláh the Fruit. The flower does not destroy the bud, nor does the fruit destroy the flower. It destroys not, but fulfills. The bud scales must fall in order that the flower may bloom, and the petals must fall that 124 the fruit may grow and ripen. Were the bud scales and the petals wrong or useless, then, that they had to be discarded? Nay, both in their time were right and necessary; without them there could have been no fruit. So it is with the various prophetic teachings; their externals change from age to age, but each revelation is the fulfillment of its predecessors; they are not separate or incongruous, but different stages in the life history of the One Religion, which has in turn been revealed as seed, as bud and as flower, and now enters on the stage of fruition.

Answer 2

That was interesting. Based on your drawing and the 10 answers you gave this is a summary of your personality: Your house tells the world that you ought to be a leader. You are good at making friends and when the joyful moment arrives, you make the most out of it. You love your house and family. You are a gifted artist as well. Once you have a problem, you need a friend with you. Your life is always full of changes. You are very tidy person. There's nothing wrong with that because you're pretty popular among friends. Your life is always full of changes. You will avoid being alone and seek the company of others whenever possible. You love excitement and create it wherever you go. You have a strong personality and you like to command, influence and control people. You added a flower into your drawing. The flower signifies that you long for love. It also safe to say that others don't see you as a flirt. You don't think much about yourself Aquarius Sun Cancer Moon Pisces Rising Capricorn Venus ----------------------------- Some of it is like me, but I'm not really that social. I prefer my own company.

Answer 3

When all the roads lead to Him, it is meaningless to come back and start from square one. The point where you say that only those rites that are beneficial be performed. I disagree. All the circumstances are well defined as to who and when the rites are to be performed and sometimes, the place where to be done. I can only give an example of the last rites to be performed is well documented in Yajurveda. Does that mean that it is beneficial or not conducive to one? or can be performed by any one at any time?..... These texts need application of mind.

Answer 4

Have you heard of Ramakrishna Paramhans the spiritual master of Swami Vivekananda ?

After reaching the ultimate he desired to see how different devotees would see the God. So even after achieveing all there is to achieve he ventured into various different kinds of spiritual practices and ventured on different spiritual paths.

So, he being primarily on Devotional Path was able to produce a disciple like Swami Vivekananda who was primarily on Yoga (Raja Yoga to be precise) path.

So your statement is not universally true.

Who in this spiritual world can deny the accomplishments and authorities of Swami Vivekananda and his master Ramakrisna Paramhans ?

Simply quoting Jnaneshwari will not be sufficient to counter these arguments from the lives of Ramakrisna Paramahans and the great and the world famous Swami Vivekananda.

That's all I have to tell to the deluded souls of the world regarding this.

Answer 5

I like this question, and the first answer was great. It depends your understanding of the way of things, if you don't remember a road you already took, does it mean you never took it? When the roads appear, pick the one that chooses you, no need to worry about the others when there not the ones for you. I like how you ended the question.

Answer 6

Deny the unreal to see the truth.

Answer 7

Why take all of them? Why take any? What's wrong with where one is? or wrong with what duty one is to perform?