Buddhist Gems 73
Dharmadeva
This universe is embedded in the Macrocosmic flow. There is no
instrument within microcosms to fathom the depth of the Macrocosmic
flow. Each and every atom and molecule of the universe, all minds and
all matter, are drifting in the vast Macrocosmic flow. The person
whose mind is free from the burden of crudity can easily float on the
vast cosmic ocean, but who is loaded down with a heavy burden will
sink.
Lord Buddha said in the Dharmapa'da:
"Siinca bhiks'una'bam sittate lahamessati."
"O monk, if you want to reach the other bank of the river you must
reduce the load in the boat of your mind - throw it over board."
Whether in the homogenous flow or in the heterogeneous flow, each and
every atom and molecule of the universe is floating consciously or
unconsciously in the Macrocosmic flow. This is the science of psycho-
spiritual parallelism. This microcosmic dance around the Macrocosmic
Nucleus or Purus'ottama is known as ra'saliila' (cosmic flow).
Shrii Shrii Anandamurti
Paos'ii Pu'rn'ima' 1959, Darbhaga, Bihar
MACROCOSM AND MICROCOSM -- 1
Subha's'ita Sam'graha Part 7
Subha's'ita Sam'graha Part 6
Ananda Marga Ideology and Way of Life in a Nutshell Part 8,
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Many, many years ago, there was a great Buddhist scholar named Ka'nnho
who lived in Bangladesh. Regarding the Supreme Entity he observed:
Jo mano goara a'la' jva'la' a'gama pothi ista' ma'la'.
Any object of knowledge which enters the mind can just as easily leave
the mind. The mind can only entertain objects that come within the
scope of time, space and person. Such objects will come, stay for
sometime, and then depart. They cannot remain forever. Knowledge of
philosophical texts (agama pothi) can be compared to a pile of bricks--
rows of bricks stacked one upon the other. This is the value of a
philosophical text, not a pie more. The human intellect cannot say
anything final about the Supreme Entity because human beings cannot
perceive God through the vibrations of body, mind and speech.
Ka'le guru uesai shis' va'k patha' tiita kahiba kiis.
The Guru tries to say something qbout the Supreme Entity but cannot
because the moment he tries to explain the Supreme he comes within the
scope of verbal expression. The disciple has the capacity to hear a
discourse about the Supreme Entity, yet cannot because the discourse
comes within the temporal factor.
Ja'teni boli tetari ta'l guru bob se Shisaka'l.
That's why I say that the Absolute cannot come within the scope of
relativity. Under this circumstance the preceptor becomes dumb and the
disciple becomes deaf.
Bhanai ka'nhu jina raan bi kaesa", ka'lein bob sambohia jaesa.
Ka'nnho says that inspite of that we must not give up. We have to make
others understand. But how? We have to communicate in the same way as
deaf and dumb people try to communicate with each other.
Shrii Shrii Anandamurti
IDEATION ON BRAHMA (GOD)
29 November 1970, Agartala
Subha's'ita Sam'graha Part 9