Part 42 (1/2)
The Western day is indeed nearing when the inner science of self-control will be found as necessary as the outer conquest of nature This new Atoe will see men's minds sobered and broadened by the now scientifically indisputable truth that y Finer forces of the hureater than those within stones and iant, newly unleashed, turn on the world in mindless destruction {FN24-9}
{FN24-1} I CORINTHIANS 7:32-33
{FN24-2} Literally, ”This soul is Spirit” The Supreme Spirit, the Uncreated, is wholly unconditioned (NETI, NETI, not this, not that) but is often referred to in VEDANTA as SAT-CHIT-ANANDA, that is, Being-Intelligence-Bliss
{FN24-3} Soious teacher” Shankara's date is a center of the usual scholastic dispute
A few records indicate that the peerless n hihth century AD Readers who are interested in Shankara's falish translation in Dr
Paul Deussen's SYSTEM OF THE VEDANTA (Chicago: Open Court Publishi+ng Cos will be found in SELECTED WORKS OF SRI SHANKARACHARYA (Natesan & Co, Madras)
{FN24-4} ”CHITTA VRITTI NIRODHA”-YOGA SUTRA I:2 Patanjali's date is unknown, though a number of scholars place hiave forth treatises on all subjects with such insight that ages have been powerless to outmode thees made no effort to attach their own dates and personalities to their literary works They knew their lives were only tereat infinite Life; and that truth is timeless, impossible to trademark, and no private possession of their own
{FN24-5} The six orthodox systems (SADDARSANA) are SANKHYA, YOGA, VEDANTA, MIMAMSA, NYAYA, and VAISESIKA Readers of a scholarly bent will delight in the subtleties and broad scope of these ancient forlish, in HISTORY OF INDIAN PHILOSOPHY, Vol I, by Prof Surendranath DasGupta (Cae University Press, 1922)
{FN24-6} Not to be confused with the ”noble Eightfold Path” of Buddhisht Ideals, (2) Right Motive, (3) Right Speech, (4) Right Action, (5) Right Means of Livelihood, (6) Right Effort, (7) Right Reht Realization (SAMADHI)
{FN24-7} Dr Jung attended the Indian Science Congress in 1937 and received an honorary degree fro is here referring to HATHA YOGA, a specialized branch of bodily postures and techniques for health and longevity
HATHA is useful, and produces spectacular physical results, but this branch of yoga is little used by yogis bent on spiritual liberation
{FN24-9} In Plato's TIMAEUS story of Atlantis, he tells of the inhabitants' advanced state of scientific knowledge The lost continent is believed to have vanished about 9500 BC through a cataclysm of nature; certain metaphysical writers, however, state that the Atlanteans were destroyed as a result of their misuse of atomic power Two French writers have recently co over 1700 historical and other references
CHAPTER: 25
BROTHER ANANTA AND SISTER NALINI
”Ananta cannot live; the sands of his karma for this life have run out”
These inexorable words reachedin deep meditation Shortly after I had entered the Swauest of my elder brother Ananta A sudden illness confined hily
The solerief I felt that I could not bear to reer in Gorakhpur, only to see aze A criticism from my relatives, I left India on the first available boat It cruised along Burma and the China Sea to japan I disembarked at Kobe, where I spent only a few days My heart was too heavy for sightseeing
On the return trip to India, the boat touched at Shanghai There Dr Misra, the shi+p's physician, guided me to several curio shops, where I selected various presents for Sri Yukteswar and e carved bamboo piece
No sooner had the Chinese salesman handedout, ”I have bought this for my dear dead brother!”
A clear realization had swept overfreed in the Infinite The souvenir was sharply and symbolically cracked by its fall; amidst sobs, I wrote on the baone”
My cos with a sardonic smile
”Save your tears,” he remarked ”Why shed them until you are sure he is dead?”
When our boat reached Calcutta, Dr Misra again accoreet me at the dock
”I know Ananta has departed this life,” I said to Bishnu, before he had had time to speak ”Please tell me, and the doctor here, when Ananta died”