What's the meaning of 'Dassara', a traditional hindu festival! Is it just the Victory of Rama over Ravana (Victory of Good against Evil) as told in the childhood?Dassara festival is a Celebration of RECOGNIZING What I am NOT, that is...Ten heads of Ravana...
(as described in mythology)!
Seeing directly, what I am certainly Not, these ten things. The burden of ten sticks this apparent 'me' carries, until it recognizes itself!
What I am certainly not? First Body (1), second Prana/Breath (2) hence not mind (3) which is extension of breath hence not even thoughts. I am neither identified consciousness(4) as it is identified & recognized from the age of 2 and will disappear on dropping of the body, so certainly temporal. When I am not this consciousness also, how can I be three states by which this consiousness
operates, like knowingness (5), waking state(6) & sleeping state (7)! At the same time when I am not this consiousness also, how can I be three gunas (attributes) by which this consciousness functions, such as satva-guna (8), rajas-guna (9) and tamas-guna (10)! What remains after the negation of
ten identities, ten heads of Ravana is THAT
Indescribable, which does not fall in "subject-object type" knowing. No one can know it!
Recognition of IT just Happens.
Celebration remains without A Celebrator;-)!
Happy Dassara :-)
With Love,
Nitin Ram
10 OCT 2008
6 comments:
as the Ram(truth) appear and reveal it self .Each head of dasanan (the ignorance)strats droping one by one.on the day of vijayadasmi there happens celebration ,only ram remains as ever.
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Very deep and needs deeper pondering. thanks nitin.
:)
Iris
Indiaspirituality Amrut Oct 23, 2012
For the first time, I have found the analogy of dassera from Advaita Standpoint.
Subramanian Ch Oct 23, 2012
Thanks for sharing from no standpoint.
Very deep. Nice analogy from Advaita Standpoint :)
The killing of I by the I-I :)
Thank you ... Love
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