Communism - Sitaram Yechury and Adi Shankaracharyaa

Shri Sitaram Yechury , a Rajya Sabha MP and a member of Politburo CPI (M) writes in Delhi edition of Hindustan Times dated 25/01/07 under the heading "BREAK THE CYCLE" as follows:

"...It is , in fact , a battle between mind or consciousness as the highest form of matter and consciousness as independent of body ,in that sense , cosmic in nature ..."

It is coming from a respected member of Communist Party Of India ( Marxist ) which is in power in the State of West Bengal ,India.

Here the mind represents the highest form of matter that is the body. Indeed the human body for whose comforts the capitalists produce all the material goods and maximize the profit. The mind is matter so it is physical or still a part of body .

And what is this consciousness as separate from body which is cosmic in nature ?

Hold it.

For the uninitiated here it goes -
According to India spiritual system - the non-dualist and dualists - the soul is separate from body. The best exponent of this spiritual system ( the best of them the non-dualism ) was Adi Shankaracharya. The ultimate super grand master of Indian Philosophy. He established four Dhams in India - Badrinath , Dwarka, Puri and Sringeri. The ultimate desire of a religious Hindu is to go on pilgrimage of all these four Dhams. He is supposed to be responsible for defeat of Buddhist philosophy and its disappearance from India.
But here we are concerned with something else.

According to non-dualist there is soul , there is god , there is absolute god and then there is Nirgun Bruhm . The Nirgun Bruhm - the undefinable reality behind all the existence in this universe including the gods in physical forms.

The BRUHM is the real ABSOLUTE.

This Bruhm is also known as CONSCIOUSNESS.

Now the self (soul) is non-dual to Bruhm so it also similar to Bruhm and so it is also CONSCIOUSNESS.

The self (consciousness) is also distinct from body and is cosmic in nature.

Is it not what Shri Sitaram Yechury talking about?

The cosmic and separate from body - the Consciousness ITSELF.

Is it not the spiritual element in materialistic interpretation of Marx ?

The back door entry of religion into Communism !

And Marx said that the religion was opiate of masses.
Marx , the greatest thinker according to Communists , must be turning in his grave.

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With all due apologies to all the Marxists , I think that Marx did not have the capability to analyse the caste system with in the materialistic interpretation of history. So all the Marxists in India are wasting their energy in trying to interpret the caste system in the framework of Marx.

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The Communism is an egalitarian philosophy but its implementation has been faulty - actually it is fit only for pre-agriculture tribes or communes.

Now all the Communist system are run as as fiefdom of Politburos. These fiefdoms are no match for democracies so all of them fell one by one . The Communist regime in North Korea will also not take long time in joining its comrades.

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Adi Shankaracharya borrowed the term "Consciousness" from Buddhist term - "Chetna" or consciousness. And he also borrowed the term "Avidya" from Buddha's "Avijja".

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The Marxist term " False Consciousness", the Adi Shankaryacharya's term "Avidya" and Buddha' term " Avijja" - all have the same meaning the false knowledge or ignorance. The buddhist term was the first to arrive.

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