![]() Perhaps the Brahman cannot be understood but can be experienced. He wondered then how will he understand Brahman. But remember that you know only the part which HE chooses to reveal us here on earth! The Brahman is… that dwells in the gods is yet to be discovered! Think about it, meditate and contemplate!” The pupil declared -“I might NOT be knowing him well but at the same time I understand his existence and importance! I need to know much more than this!” The teacher was impressed by the pupil’s honesty and spine for truthfulness. He said to this courageous student -“The problem with Brahman is that one who knows him, doesn’t know him! One who sees him hasn’t seen him!”Hearing this the student was very sad. The teacher told the pupil, -“If you say so, very well, my son! Perhaps you do understand Brahman. The teacher smiled and thought -If only Brahman was so simple to understand if only he could be understood by mere human intelligence. He is much more than these. The pupil smiled and said, he understood it and thanked the teacher. He wasn’t someone you could please by offering sacrifices in the pious fire altars. He knew that Brahman, was not Indra, the king of heaven or Agni, the lord of fire. The teacher continued explaining to him further -“He is inconceivable, cannot be described, He is Brahman, the Supreme One!” Although the pupil had a fair bit of idea about the Brahman, concepts were still murky. So he told the pupil -“O Son, he is hearing behind the hearing, the speech behind the speech, the sight behind the sight, he is in a place beyond reach.”The pupil gave a confused look at the teacher. He knew all his great students will one day ask similar questions at some point. The concerned teacher asked the pupil -“Son, what’s the matter? Why are you so disturbed today? What troubles you?” The startled pupil said “O Guru, From whom comes all of it - my thoughts, my sight, my hearing, my breath? Who is he who controls all of it?” The teacher smiled and took a deep breath. The teacher was about to begin the day’s lesson when he saw that his student had an unusual inquisitiveness. ![]() Today’s story is about a teacher and his pupil. Retrieved on 30 October 2012.=TRANSCRIPT = ↑ Skyfall: Thomas Newman: .uk: MP3 Downloads.↑ Schweiger, Daniel (5 November 2012). ![]() Listen to Over 6 Minutes of Thomas Newman’s Score for SKYFALL.
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