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VEDANTAM FOR BEGINNERS - 33. SWAMI SIVANANDA

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 ====================================================================== ======================================================================= Wednesday, June 01, 2022. 06:00. Khandam X : I. The Three Bodies : Their Enumeration Post-33. ========================================================================= I. The Three Bodies : Their Enumeration (The individual experiencer is a consciousness-centre enveloped by several layers of matter existing as the factors causing objective awareness in it. The analysis of these layers or bodies is necessary to ascertain the nature of the true Self.) Hari Om. Om Sat-Guru-Paramatmane Namah. Disciple: How many bodies are there in an individual (Jiva)? Guru: There are three bodies in every individual (Jiva). Disciple: Please name them. Guru: The physical body or the gross body (Sthula Sarira), the astral body or the subtle body (Sukshma Sarira or Lingadeha) and the causal body or the seed body (Karanasarira) are the three bodies. Disciple: Please i

VEDANTAM FOR BEGINNERS - 32. SWAMI SIVANANDA

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 ============================================================= ================================================================ Tuesday, May 17, 2022. 18:00. Khandam X : Siva Jnana Amrita Upanishad : Mantram - 17 to 20. Ends & BASES OF VEDANTA : Introduction : Begins Post-32. ============================================================= Mantram - 17.  j¤ànàdhigame karmaõàü pravilayaþ | j¤àninaþ pràrabdhakarmàpi na vidyate || 17 || 17. When one gets Jnana, all Karmas are destroyed. There is no Prarabdha (fructifying) Karma for a Jnani. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mantram- 18. jivata eva j¤àninaþ turãyàtãtada÷àyàü videhamuktirbhavati || 18 || 18. Videha Mukti comes when a Jnani is living. A Jnani gets disembodied salvation (Videha Mukti) when he enters the state of Turiyatita, the Absolute. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mantram-19. traikàlikaü j¤ànaü sar