Brhadharanyaka Upanishad.3-4-15) quotes:
" atma va are drashtavyah srotavyo mantavyo nididhyasitavyo maitreyy
atmano va are darsanena sravanena matya vijnanena idam sarvam viditam"
By the process of hearing, remembering and meditation, the Supreme God is perceived.
In addition, Sri Ramanuja explains the process of meditation to perceive the Supreme that is
" dhyAnam cha thailadhArAvath avicchinna smrthisanthAna roopam " .
He compares the nature of meditation to be in the form of a continous flow of oil without disturbance.
In the Bhagavad Gita, When Arjuna earnestly requested Sri Krishna to see his divine form,
Sri Krishna replies
na tu mam sakyase drastumanenaiva sva-caksusa
divyam dadami te caksuh
pasya me yogam aisvaram
" But you cannot see Me with your present eyes. Therefore I give you divine eyes by which
you can behold My mystic opulence."
Thus we could understand that our vedic culture is not against direct pratyaksham ( seeing).
We could see how our ancient rishis and alwars directly percieved the Supreme God Sri Hari
and glorified him through different Hyms in the form of Sthothras and Prabandhas.
However the question to ask the common man is " Are you qualified to see God?". If not, are you
ready to adopt the process to realize God? We observe that even to obtain Mastery in material
subject matter, one requires to spend 16 years of his life, money and energy in schools and
universities under different teachers. What then could be said of Spiritual Education!
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