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ATMA BODHAM “KNOWLEDGE of the SELF” : 31 - Swami Sri Adi Sankaracharya.

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  --------------------------------------------------------------- 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 falsified or negate

ATMA BODHAM “KNOWLEDGE of the SELF” : 30 - Swami Sri Adi Sankaracharya.

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Supreme Soul”. ----------------