Advaitin, Disciple of Dr. Nataraja Guru
F.: “Today, we're deviating again from our regular format in order to allow our third Guest Columnist to address a question regarding witnessing and oneness that was submitted by a site visitor. The reply comes from an advaitin named Patrick Misson who lives in Portugal and hosts several major Advaita Vedanta internet sources on the web at http://www.advaitavedanta.co.uk and
F.: “Today, we're deviating again from our regular format in order to allow our third Guest Columnist to address a question regarding witnessing and oneness that was submitted by a site visitor. The reply comes from an advaitin named Patrick Misson who lives in Portugal and hosts several major Advaita Vedanta internet sources on the web at http://www.advaitavedanta.co.uk and
http://www.advaitavedanta.de/ as well as two currently under development at http://www.narayanagurukula.com/ and
Patrick, a.k.a. ‘pog,’ has been a student of Vedanta for many years as a disciple of Dr. Nataraja Guru. His websites try to give a clear picture of what Nataraja taught. Patrick also makes clear that questions, critiques and refutations are welcomed. Now, we welcome Patrick to our site. Patrick, thanks for your response.”
Patrick Misson: “In Sanskrit there is a word triputi, sometimes translated as "tri-basic prejudice." This sounds clumsy, but it's not easy to translate philosophical terms. What it means is that the mind tends to see the three terms of seer, sight, and the thing seen, as though they were distinct from each other. For the Advaita Vedanta school of philosophy (to which i belong) this distinction is an illusion. In this case, the "I" who watches, observes or thinks, together with the process of watching etc., and also the thing observed or thought about - all of these are one. The idea that they are separate or distinct is just due to habits of thought which are of the same kind as the one which would make you think that a coil of rope in the corner of a dark room was a snake poised to strike at you.”
F.: "Thanks, Patrick. We invite the site visitors to now enter into the silence of contemplation."
TOMORROW: THE SEVENTH DEGREE OF MOVEMENT TOWARD REALITY: The Non-Beingness, Part Six, continuing the discussion of the oneness and the non-beingness
Patrick Misson: “In Sanskrit there is a word triputi, sometimes translated as "tri-basic prejudice." This sounds clumsy, but it's not easy to translate philosophical terms. What it means is that the mind tends to see the three terms of seer, sight, and the thing seen, as though they were distinct from each other. For the Advaita Vedanta school of philosophy (to which i belong) this distinction is an illusion. In this case, the "I" who watches, observes or thinks, together with the process of watching etc., and also the thing observed or thought about - all of these are one. The idea that they are separate or distinct is just due to habits of thought which are of the same kind as the one which would make you think that a coil of rope in the corner of a dark room was a snake poised to strike at you.”
F.: "Thanks, Patrick. We invite the site visitors to now enter into the silence of contemplation."
TOMORROW: THE SEVENTH DEGREE OF MOVEMENT TOWARD REALITY: The Non-Beingness, Part Six, continuing the discussion of the oneness and the non-beingness
