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Post by dattaswami on Nov 24, 2007 2:20:11 GMT -8
Knowledge is more important than miracle.
Knowledge is more important than miracle. The miracle gives only information about the concept of unimaginable power which is wonderful. When the imagination fails the wonder is generated Maya means wonderful and there by it means unimaginable. By this Maya, the possessor of Maya (Mayin) is inferred. Thus, miracle gives the inference of the existence of unimaginable God. But this alone is not sufficient. Knowledge consists of three components.
One is God (goal), the second is the soul (traveler) and the third is the path to please God. These three items (Triputi) forms the whole structure of knowledge. The soul cannot get the grace of the Lord unless the three components are perfectly realized. In miracle, you have understood only about the existence of unimaginable God, who can never be worshipped or served. Therefore, the real form of God is also not known even in that one component known by miracle.
The knowledge gives the real form of God as human incarnation. By the knowledge you can know that your self is not God already. By the knowledge only you can know that the practical sacrifice is only path to please the God. Therefore the miracle is useful to just enlighten one aspect of one component (God) only. For atheists only these miracles are necessary who do not believe even in the basic existence of God.
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Post by Josh on Nov 30, 2007 11:01:38 GMT -8
It woud really be helpful if you defined your terms.
I definitely see some agreement on this subject between your views and those of classic, orthodox Christianity-- namely, if I'm reading you right, that miracle by itself accomplishes far less than intimate knowledge of God.
As a side note, since Christianity maintains that not only are we not God now, but that we will never be, I disagree with this statement.
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