Vedantham : ( 07/11/2012. )

  ------------------------------------------ Tuesday, October 20, 2020. 08:01. AM. 2. PHILOSOPHY OF RAGA-DVESHA Post-21. ------------------------------------------ Raga and Dvesha (likes and dislikes) only constitute this Samsara or this world of phenomena. It can be totally destroyed by knowledge of Brahman. Raga-Dvesha is a Vasana. It has four states. Raga-Dvesha, Vasanas, Samskaras and Gunas are intertwined. They co-exist. The seat of Raga-Dvesha is the mind and the senses. Destruction of one will lead to the destruction of others. But the destruction of the source, Avidya or Ajnana, the seed of  msara, through Brahma-Jnana will destroy everything to the very root. The cultivation of virtues like Maitri (friendship), Karuna, (mercy), Mudita (complacency) and  peksha (indifference) can thin out or attenuate Raga-Dvesha. This is the Pratipaksha-Bhavana method or  ultivation of the opposite positive qualities, of the Raja Yogins. Destruction of Avidya will lead to th...

  ------------------------------------------ Saturday, October 10, 2020. 07:29. AM. 1. Introduction - 20. 20. DHYAROPA OR SUPERIMPOSITION ------------------------------------------ 20.ADHYAROPA OR SUPERIMPOSITION : Adhyaropa is superimposition! This is one of the fundamental principles of Vedanta. You cannot proceed with the study of Vedanta without understanding Adhyaropa. In reality, this world was never created. This world is superimposed on Brahman. This world is imagined where there exists only Brahman. This is Adhyaropa. This superimposition is sublated through the Yukti called Apavada. You want to meet your friend Sri Rampratap. When you go to his house, he is not there.Somebody tells you that he has gone to a particular shop in the bazaar. You wait at his door and in a short time you see someone coming, who looks like Rampratap. From a distance you determine in your mind that the person coming is none but Rampratap. But after some time when he actually comes near you, you f...