Shut up and Get Out
Once a reporter asked Swami Chinmayananda if he could give the gist of Advaita Vedant in just couple of words.
Swamiji said in an angry tone, "you want the whole Vedant in two words? Just 'Shut up' and 'Get out'!"
The reporter was baffled.
With a warm smile Swamiji explained with his usual wit; "The whole religious Truth is SHUT UP & GET OUT. Shut up in your mind.. the next thought need not arise... and get out of this misconception that you are a body. You are not a body... You are something more than that.... You are the all pervading internal essence- the Self, the Consciousness, the Life in you. Discover this identity with God, the One life everywhere......
.....and that cannot be done until you SHUT UP!"
* Content from INSPIRATIONAL STORIES & THOUGHTS.
Once a reporter asked Swami Chinmayananda if he could give the gist of Advaita Vedant in just couple of words.
Swamiji said in an angry tone, "you want the whole Vedant in two words? Just 'Shut up' and 'Get out'!"
The reporter was baffled.
With a warm smile Swamiji explained with his usual wit; "The whole religious Truth is SHUT UP & GET OUT. Shut up in your mind.. the next thought need not arise... and get out of this misconception that you are a body. You are not a body... You are something more than that.... You are the all pervading internal essence- the Self, the Consciousness, the Life in you. Discover this identity with God, the One life everywhere......
.....and that cannot be done until you SHUT UP!"
* Content from INSPIRATIONAL STORIES & THOUGHTS.
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