ATMA BODHAM “KNOWLEDGE of the SELF” : Mantram - 53

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Tuesday, 24 Oct 2023 05:30.

(68 Mantras in 9 Chapters)

Chapter 8 Slogas - 54-67 (14 no.)

“Revelling in FREEDOM”

The BLISS of Realisation

A. MERITS OF THE REALISED STATE: (54-55)

Slogam - 54: There is No Other Seeking – 1

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The BLISS of Realisation:

The above verse may be said to be the last wherein the author.

Sri Shankaracharyaji has something of a philosophic or technical nature

to teach. From this verse onwards to the end, having finished with the

job of analysis and teaching, the author revels in the experience of the

Self. There is poetic beauty in each of these slogas.

The author invites us to join him in his party. We need to shut

our intellects now and open our hearts to live the great experience that

it is to realize the Self. And what better guide can we hope to have than

the great Shankaracharyaji for this meditative tour!

When these verses go through us without any blockage from our

mind and intellect, then we can know that we are ‘close’ to clarity.

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A. MERITS OF THE REALISED STATE: (54-55)

Slogas - 54 and 55 are taken together. Six lines of poetry drape these slogas:

When Brahman is realised…

i) The attainment leaves nothing else to be attained;

ii) The blessedness leaves no other blessing to be desired;

iii) The knowledge leaves nothing else to be known;

iv) Seeing which, nothing more remains to be seen;

v) Becoming which, there is no need to be born again;

vi) Knowing which, nothing remains to be known.

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Slogam - 54: There is No Other Seeking – 1

1 Yat laabhaat na aparah laabhah; = Apart from this attainment there is no other;

2 yat sukhaat na aparam sukham; = apart from this blessedness there is no other;

3 yat jnaanaat na aparam jnaanam; = apart from this knowledge there is no other;

4 tat brahma iti ava-dhaarayet. = realize That to be Brahman.

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Slogam - 55: There is No Other Seeking – 2

1 Yad drishtvaa na aparam drishyam; = Having seen which nothing more remains to be seen; having become which,

2 yat bhootvaa na punar-bhavah; = one is not born again in this world; and having

3 yat jnaatvaa na aparam jneyam; = known which nothing remains to be known;

4 tat brahma iti ava-dhaarayet. = realize That to be Brahman.

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In all experiences there is the following triad: Experiencer, Experience and the

Experienced. This is general is the subject; the purpose; and the object or the means of

attaining the purpose.

The first three points listed in v54 address the purpose; the second three points

address the object or the means. The subject is the reader himself. Ordinarily, when the

subject unites with the object, the purpose is attained. The above statements clearly do not

apply to the ordinary human endeavours. It is only when one has realized God that they

begin to make sense to us.

The statements are true only for one in the state of Godrealisation.

In fact, they become the signposts of Realisation.

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The Purpose: (Slogam - 54)

i) Attainment: achievement and success are the prime motivations or purposes for

most people in this world. Addressing such people, Sri Shankaracharya makes the first point:

his aim is to make them think of higher purposes than the usual worldly ones.

ii) Blessedness: However, there are those who may not be interested in attaining

some gain, but who are drawn by their nature towards feelings of happiness. For these

people, the second point is made to indicate to them there is something much higher than

worldly happiness and joys.

iii) Knowledge: And thirdly, there is a small minority that is driven by the quest for

knowledge. They may have no desire for fame and glory and possession, but have an

intense desire to possess knowledge. For them the third point is made to tell them that

even in the field of knowledge there is nothing greater to be known than the Self.

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The Objects: (Slogam - 55)

iv) Seeing: This is the ego’s yardstick to measure itself by possessing that which it

beholds and make them extensions of itself;

v) Becoming: This is the ego’s yardstick by which it wants to become something

because it is not content with what it already is;

vi) Knowing: This is the ego’s yardstick by which it measures itself by the amount of

knowledge it possesses, because it is not content with what it already knows.

In this slogam, these yardsticks are called into question. Only the Self surpasses these

three needs of the ego. There is no yardstick to gauge the state of the Jnani. He has crossed

all yardsticks that can measure only limited objects. He is now in the realm of the Infinite.

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Infinity alone answers these needs satisfactorily, and Infinity is only experienced by the sage

of Realisation, none else.

Only to a man of Realisation do the six statements become an actual fact.

The Man of Realisation:

We may well understand Satchidananda but it is very difficult to understand the man

of Realisation.

It is not that the Jnani becomes Brahman; the Jnani at the moment of realization

comes to understand that he always was Brahman.

Why is there no further desire for one who becomes one with Brahman? The key to

understanding the Jnani lies in the fact that he has transcended the mind.

The entire human pursuit is brought into the spotlight by these two verses. Our

experience of the world is entirely a mental one. We see the world through our mind.

Because the mind is an instrument bound to the realm of “Ignorance”, its conception of the

world is always like that of one craving to have and want more. It can never be contented. In

every worldly pursuit, when we gain anything, we are never satisfied because we always

want more.

These two slogas ridicule such narrow vision as possessed by one’s mind. They

contrast it with the majesty of the Self. They are the perfect answer to a Sadhaka’s search.

They bring stability to his mind by arresting its tendency to reach outwards for fulfillment.

All fulfillment is obtained by realizing the Self. Hence, for a Sadhaka these two verses need

to be memorized. They are his anchor in spiritual life.

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B. ATTRIBUTES OF BRAHMAN: (56-62)

Slogam - 56: The Infinite, Eternal and Non-Dual Reality

To be continued

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###OPINION: PEOPLE OF BHARATHAM POSITIVE:

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1. SANATANA DHARMA, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS HINDUISM IS ETERNAL, WHOLE UNIVERSE IS EXISTING IN THIS TRUTH

2. EVER EXISTING

3. THERE IS NO SPACE FOR ADHARMA

4. ALL DEMONIC ELEMENTS DEMOLISHED BY DHARMA

5. SO NO QUESTION EVIL ASURIC DEMONIC FRAGMENT'S BARKING, THEY WILL BE ULTIMATELY BURNED AND DESTROYED BY NATURE.

6. PURE CONSCIOUSNESS IS DIVINE AND SUPREME, ALL OTHERS MEANINGLESS

7. NATURE IS ABOVE ALL, EVER EXISTING, ALL OTHERS MEANINGLESS.

8. THE CONTENT OF SO-CALLED HOLY BOOK IS NO HOLY AT ALL, AS IT PREACHES HATRED AND DESTRUCTION OF OTHER MANKIND, RELIGIOUS CONVERSIONS AND LIES OF UNCIVILIZED MATERIALS

9. CHRISTIANITY IS EQUALLY DEMONSTRATED CRUELTY, THE SO CALLED HOLY BOOK FULL OF LIES

10. BOTH ARE NOT RELIGIONS BUT SAMPRADAYA (ILLITERATE MAN MADE, NOT BASED ON DHARMA

11. THE CULTURE OF BHARATHAM BASED ON UPANISHADS AND FULL OF REALISATION TEXTS ARE PRODUCED BY GREAT RISHIS OF BHARATHAM

12. IN THIS MATERIALISTIC DESTRUCTIVE MINDED UNIVERSE, NO RELIGIONS COMPARABLE OR ABOVE SANATANA DHARMA OF BHARATHAM.

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Opinion :

1.( i.n.d.i.a.)all stupid "GHAMMANDY"union of idiots, dynasty rascals, feudalists, congress, communists, latest announcement the caste census, is dangerous and divisive Hindus politics, and Muslim Christians vote bank politics, people of Bharat awake and stop this attempt by kick these parties out of politics.( nehru of congress used this Adharma since independence followed by dynasty politics indira,rajiv,italian bahu, and now her stupid son and daughter)

1.1. Congress, a donkey party, its so called daydreaming stupid leader Rahul Vinci, Rahul Gandi, frequent visit to foreign countries, to abuse PM of this Nation, and Sanatana Dharma -exceeded all limits this time, his party and his family to be "condemned" and kicked away from politics, people should awake and realize the danger.

2. Congress & Communists destroyed this holy Nation Sanatana Dharama; the imported stupid secularism degenerated this Nation Ancient Culture and Civilization

3. Till 2014 nation was ruled by corrupt idiots,and all regions too, Dynasty rule dominated than Nation interests.

4. Brushing away mainstream population sides and Muslims and Christians become political parties vote banks.

5. Communists openly abused our ancient culture, Upanishads, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bhagavtham and daites.

6. The communists next donkey group, latest stunt of America visit and the comedy programmed namely Kerala sabha!? these buggers destroyed Kerala in all and joining with radical Islam soon they will be eliminated, people of Kerala get up from donkey thoughts, otherwise Kerala shrink to extinct in all way.

7. Communists are danger to our civilization, their lunatic theories disappeared throughout the world, Time has come crush them, and eliminate them from our nation, they are danger to this holy nation.

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NOTE:

1. POLITICIANS (THOSE IGNORANT AND DEMONIC NATURED) ARE NOT THE AUTHORITY TO OPEN THEIR UGLY FOUL MOUTH AND UTTER NONSENSE UPON SANATHANA DHARMAM.

2. THE NONSENSE COMMENDY ALLIANCE ARE NOT THE AUTHORITY ON SANATHA DHARMAM.

3. DK, DMK. AIADMKA AND ALL NONSENSE POLITICIANS BEWARE YOU WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY WASHED OUT SOON.

4. COMMUNISTS AND CONGRESS ARE THE ENEMY TO MANKIND DESTROY THEM.

5.ALL SANATHANA DHARMAM FOLLOWERS (WHICH EVER YOUR POLITICAL INTEREST BE: YOUR POLITICAL MINDSET) TAKE AN OATH THAT YOU STAND AGAINST ALL EVIL MINDSET AGAINST SANATHANA DHARMAM!!!

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######6. CRUSH THE ANTI NATIONAL ELEMENTS SUCH AS CONGRESS, COMMUNISTS, LEFT LIBERALS, URBAN NAXALS, TAMILNADU REGIONAL ANTI NATIONAL CUM ANTI SOCIAL POLITICAL PARTIES (DK, DMK, AIADMK, ALL SILLY SELF-APPOINTED CASTE GROUPS), NEVER ALLOW THESE BUGGERS RAISE THER VOICE/HEADS. CRUSH THEM UNDER YOUR FEET.

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JAI HIND
JAI BHARATHAM

VANDHE MADHARAM
BHARAT MATHA KI JAI.

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