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ATMA BODHAM “KNOWLEDGE of the SELF” Slogam - 67 - Swami Sri Adi Sankaracharya.

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===================================================================================================== Wednesday 08, January 2025, 05:30. (68 Slogas in 9 Chapters) Chapter 8  Slogas - 54-67 (14 no.)   D. THE TOUGHNESS OF SADHANA: Slogas - 66-67 ========================================================================================== Slogam - 67: As the Sun Destroys Darkness  1.  “Hrid-aakaasha” uditah hi aatmaa = The Self, which verily rises in the “heart-space”,  2.   bodha-bhaanuh tamah apahrit; = is the sun of knowledge that destroys all darkness.  3. sarva-vyaapee sarva-dhaaree = It pervades everything; It sustains everything.   4.  bhaati bhaasayate akhilam. = It shines by Itself and makes all else shine.  ================================================================================ We see in this verse a neat assembly or combination of all the major metaphors that have been used in the recent verses, used with gre...
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ATMA BODHAM “KNOWLEDGE of the SELF” Slogam - 66 - Swami Sri Adi Sankaracharya.

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========================================================================================= Thursday 28, November 2024, 05:30. (68 Slogas in 9 Chapters) Chapter 8  Slogas - 54-67    (14 no.)   D. THE TOUGHNESS OF SADHANA: Slogas - 66-67 ========================================================================================== Slogam-66: As Molten Gold is Freed of Dross:   1  Shravan-aadibhih ud-deepta = By listening to the scriptures, and so on, is kindled  2  jnaana-agni pari-taapitah; = the fire of Knowledge, in the heat of which  3  jeevah sarvamalaat muktah = the impurities of individuality are freed,  4  svarna-vat dyotate swayam. = just as the smelting of gold frees it from its dross.  =========================================================================================   The reason for avoiding the medicine is quite clear – it is unbearable to take it! To do Sadhana, to observe restraint of our sens...
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