Atmabodham

  --------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, January   23, 2021. 07 :31. AM..  ATMA BODHAM “KNOWLEDGE of the SELF” (68 Slokam-s in  9 Chapters) Chapter 6 - “The Birth of the EGO” - Sloka-s 25-37 (13 no.) NEXT - C. “NETI – NETI” : THE DOCTRINE OF NEGATION (30-33) Mantram - 31 : As Perishable as Bubbles. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Mantram : 31. "Aavidyakam shareer-aadi drishyam budbuda-vat ksharam; etad vi-lakshanam vidyaat Realise, “aham brahma” iti nirmalam." Translation : 1 Aavidyakam shareer-aadi = The body, etc, up to the causal body, 2 drishyam budbuda-vat ksharam; = are perceivable objects, perishable as bubbles. 3 etad vi-lakshanam vidyaat Realise, = “I am different from all these,” 4 “aham brahma” iti nirmalam.  = “I am the ever pure Brahman. Commentary: This step may be compared with Sravana, as it acquaints us with the whole problem. This mantram clearly identifies what is to be ...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, January   12, 2021. 10 :13. AM..  ATMA BODHAM “KNOWLEDGE of the SELF” (68 Slokam-s in  9 Chapters) Chapter 6 - “The Birth of the EGO” - Sloka-s 25-37 (13 no.) NEXT - C. “NETI – NETI” : THE DOCTRINE OF NEGATION (30-33) Mantram - 30 : The Negation of All Conditionings ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mantram : 30. The Negation of All Conditionings "Nishidhya nikhila-upaadheen  “na iti, na iti” iti vaakyatah;   vidyaat aikyam mahaa  jeev-aatma param-aatmanoh." ------------------------------ Translation : Nishidhya nikhila-upaadheen By the process of negation of all conditionings “na iti, na iti” iti vaakyatah; as per the scriptural statement “Not this, not this”, vidyaat aikyam mahaa-vaakyaih know the oneness proclaimed by the Mahavakya: jeev-aatma param-aatmanoh. “The individual soul is the Su...