Vedantham : ( 07/11/2012. )

========================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, May 30, 2020. 1. Introduction - 13.. 13. The Projection Of The World ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. In summer the whole earth is parched. As soon as there is a shower the seeds sprout and plants come out. They were in an unmanifested state (Avyakta) before the rains. Even so the world which is in a manifested state had an unmanifested state and will become unmanifest again. It has come out of Maya, the causal body of Isvara, and will return to it in the end. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. The earth, water, fire, air and ether are all productions of Maya. Water is more subtle and pervasive than earth. Fire is more subtle and pervasive than water. Air is more subtle and pervasive than fire. Akasa is more subtle and pervasive t...

================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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...

======================================================================= --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Abso...

======================================================================= ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29/02/2020. 1. Introduction -8 & 9. 8. The Guru And The Disciple & 9. Vedantic Ethics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. The Guru And The Disciple : The aspirant in olden days used to approach the Guru, with a bundle of sticks (Samit) in his hand, for spiritual instruction. What does this indicate? He prays to his preceptor, “O adorable Guru! Let my bundle of sins and worldly Vasanas be burnt in the fire of wisdom through thy grace.Let the divine flame grow in me. Let me attain the highest illumination. Make me realise, the Tuner Self-effulgent Atman. Let my senses, mind, Prana and egoism be given as oblation in the fire of wisdom. Let me shine as the Light of lights!” It is Guru’s grace th...

======================================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23/01/2020. 1. Introduction -7. 7.The Mind And Its Works  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mind is Jagat. The mind moves the senses, the Pranas, etc. Mind is the cause of bondage and  liberation. A keen study of the mind and its works is necessary for the study of Vedanta.  The presiding deity of the mind is Moon or Soma. Moon is cool. It is formed of Apas-Tattva (water). Water has a tendency to run downwards. So also the tendency of the mind is always to run downwards towards sensual objects. The external ear, the eye-balls, etc., are only instruments. They are not the real senses of Indriyas. The real centres or senses are in the brain or most correctly in the as...

====================================================================== ======================================================================= 03/01/2020 5. Upasana & 6. Control Of The Senses : ====================================================================== 5. Upasana  : Practise Upasana for acquiring concentration of mind. Upasana is of various kinds, viz., Pratika Upasana, Pratima Upasana (worship of idol), Panchakopasana (worship of the five deities : Ganesha, Siva, Vishnu, Durga and Surya), worship of Avataras like Rama and Krishna, and Ahamgraha Upasana. Ahamgraha Upasana is Nirguna Upasana. The aspirant meditates on his own Self as Brahman. He identifies his individual self with the Supreme Self or Brahman. He tries to take out the Self that is hidden, within the body of five sheaths. Hence the significant name, ‘Ahamgraha’ Upasana. ‘Food is Brahman’. ‘Akasa is Brahman’. ‘Surya (Sun) is Brahman’. ‘Mind is Brahman’. ‘Prana is Brahman’,—All these are...

======================================================================== ======================================================================== 28/11/2019. 4. RENUNCIATION : ======================================================================== The Atman can be realised only through renunciation. You have enjoyed sensual objects in millions of births. You have enjoyed sensual objects for so many years in this birth. If there has not come satisfaction in you till now, when will it come, then? Do not run after the mirage of sensual objects. The senses are deluding you. Develop dispassion and renunciation. Realise your Atman. Then only you will get eternal satisfaction, everlasting peace and immortal bliss. Wake up from your slumber of ignorance, O worldly fool! If your body-clothes catch fire, with what celerity you want to run towards water for cooling you? You must feel like this from the burning fire of Samsara. You should feel that you are roasted in the fire of Sa...