Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000

RAMANAM
In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen.

Countrymen,

ORBIS NON SUFFICIT
SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT

The question of the unconditional by man presupposes the presence of the unconditional as man.

How does the unconditional “stand out from” (Latin exsistere, English exist and existence) itself as the conditioned?  How does that which stands out from itself become estranged from itself?

That the unconditioned stands out from itself and is estranged from itself as the conditioned and also, on its own initiative (only), can reunite with itself as the conditioned beyond conditions and estrangement is the fundamental paradox (para + docta, literally, “beside doctrine,” surprising, unexpected) of reason and reality.

AUM NAMAH SHIVAYA