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VEDANTA FOR BEGINNERS -1.12. SWAMI SIVANANDA

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================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28/04/2020. 1. Introduction - 12.. 12.The Nature Of Maya : ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maya is Trigunatmika. Tamoguna is darkness and inertia. Rajoguna is passion and activity. Sattvaguna is divine light and purity. You cannot detect your own faults on account of the force of Avidya. Avidya is the name for Maya in the individual or the Jiva. You always think that you are free from defects, that you are full of virtuous qualities, that you are the most perfect man in the world. This is Maya. Maya is Satya or truth for a worldly-minded man. It is Anirvachaneeya or inexpressible for a Viveki or a man of discrimination. It is Tuccha or nothing for a liberated sage or Jivanmukta who is identifying himself with Satchidananda Brahman. Vasanas and Trishnas, desires and cravings, can be destroyed in

VEDANTA FOR BEGINNERS -1.10&11. SWAMI SIVANANDA

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======================================================================= --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 06/04/2020. 1. Introduction -10 & 11. 10. The Nature Of Brahmam & 11. Isvara And Jiva -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. The Nature of Brahmam 1. Brahman is the Absolute-Existence which is of the Nature of Knowledge-Bliss. The world itself shines as Brahman when the veil of ignorance is torn down by the dawn of  Knowledge of the Imperishable. See Brahman in your Guru, Brahman in the world, Brahman in everything. In reality there is no creation. The world itself shines as Brahman when the veil of ignorance is torn down by the dawn of  superimposed upon Brahman through Adhyaropa. Through Apavada-Yukti the superimposition is sublated or negated and everything is realised to be the Absolute Brah