Atmabodham

========================================================================================= Monday 14, October 2024, 05:30. (68 Slogas in 9 Chapters) Chapter 8. Slogas - 54-67 (14 no.) “Reveling in FREEDOM” The BLISS of Realisation ========================================================================================== Slogam - 63: As the Unreal Shine of a Mirage:   ||63||  1.  Jagad vilakshanam brahma =Brahman is counter-indicated by the universe.  2.  brahmanah anyat na kinchana; =  There exists nothing other than Brahman.    Brahman is counter-indicated by the universe.  3. brahmaanyat bhaati chet mithyaa = If anything other than Brahman shines, it must be unreal,  4.  yathaa maru-maree-chikaa. =  just as the unreal mirage.  =========================================================================================== Slogam - 64: Reality Can Only Be Brahman, the Non-Dual    ||64||  1.  Drishyate shrooyate yat yat =  All that is perceived or heard in this universe  2.   brahmanah anyat

Chinmaya Mission Ahmedabad   ParamDham was blessed to receive Swami Mitranandaji yesterday 🙏  Chyks and other members of CMA had a wonderful opportunity to be in his presence and hear his wise words 💕 Here are few glimpses of his visit. ========================================================================================= Tuesday 17, September 2024, 05:30. (68 Slogas in 9 Chapters) Chapter 8. Slogas - 54-67 (14 no.) “Reveling in FREEDOM” The BLISS of Realisation B. ATTRIBUTES OF BRAHMAN: (56-62) ========================================================================================== Slogam - 62: As Fire Permeates the Red-hot Iron 1  Swayam antah bahih vyaapya |= Itself pervading everything inside and outside;  2  bhaasayan akhilam jagat; = illumining the entire universe;  3 brahma prakaashate vanhi = Brahman shines, like the fire  4  pra-taptaa-yasa-pinda-vat. = whose glow permeates a red-hot iron ball.  ===========================================================================

========================================================================================= Thursday 22, Jul 2024 05:30. (68 Slogas in 9 Chapters) Chapter 8. Slogas - 54-67 (14 no.) “Reveling in FREEDOM” The BLISS of Realisation B. ATTRIBUTES OF BRAHMAN: (56-62) ====================================================================================== Slogam - 61: The Self-luminous Brahman:  1  Yad bhaasaa bhaasyate arkaadi = By the light of which the sun, etc, are illumined;  2  bhaasyaih yah tu na bhaasyate; = but which is not illumined by those luminous orbs;  3  yena sarvam idam bhaati = that by which all this shines –  4 tat brahma iti ava-dhaarayet. = realize That to be Brahman.  =========================================================================================== We are now entering the concluding phase of the text. The nature of the Self is so  completely different from anything that we experience in this physical world, that we can  hardly reach it through words. Yet that is w