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for it is about to dawn are both sutras that inspire.
Many sayings pale when they encounter anekanta. Both are true: if our vision is clear then meditation gains in meaning and is successful in awakening our inner conscious. The one who does not have a clear vision, does not practice penance, does not meditate or live a life of restraint follows a philosophy of despair.
Two limits of knowledge
There are two limits of knowledge, one is the limit set by the intellect and the other is that set by experience. The comprehensive way to meditation and penance is experience. This not an intellectual path. So if the intellectuals argue against it, it is not surprising. The job of the intellect is to argue. Those who practice meditation and restraint do not use only logic and intellect as the touchstone. That is not their path. Their pathway is paved with experience and so their touchstone will naturally be different. The one who has used experience itself as the touchstone and tasted the sweetness of experience will know there can be no other superior route. This is not just a path, it is the only supreme
Anekanta: The Third Eye
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