Atma Bodha - Self-Knowledge - lecture 3
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Verses 4-6. Atma Bodha of Shankara or Shankaracharya is a clear and powerful presentation of Advaita Vedanta, based on the profound spiritual wisdom taught by the ancient rishis in the Upanishads.
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“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.”
― Michelangelo
This is how I think of Advaita. Our true nature is already there much like there is every possible sculpture already inside a piece of stone. A sculptor doesn't create the sculpture as much as they remove what obscures it from view.
Emotions can be addictive. Like caffeine, if you are addicted can bring suffering if you don't get enough. People have been known to sabotage their life in order to experience an emotion, even a negative one. For me, it is much better to observe an emotion without judgement and see how long it lasts
This has been filled with so much medicine for me. I really appreciate your gentle and engaging style of teaching. Thank you, and I definitely intend to keep listening ❤️
Aatmiya Swami Ji.
Jay Thakur.
Hare Krsna.
Feeling Delightful, Happiness and even more Relaxing.
Once Knowledge is enabling in removing Ignorance about the World/Universe (considered as REAL) to be UNREAL, all experiences of pleasure/suffering automatically are DISAPPEARING unfolding, "SAT CHIT AANAND".
Loving you one and all my fellow learning colleagues Now and HERE in this Light and Moment
Thank you Swami Tadatmananda ☘
Swamiji, thank you from my heart!
As a commentary on the topic of this lecture, as always, I will quote the statements of my guru,
the light of the world, the self-realized jnani Sri Ramana Maharshi:
125. Those who show great care and love for their bodies,
while saying that they are trying to know Self, are like
one
who tries to cross a river, mistaking a crocodile for a log.
126. Instead of attending to Sat-Chit-Ananda, the subtlest,
which is beyond the reach of speech or mind, to
spend one’s life
attending merely to the welfare of the gross body
is just like drawing water with great difficulty from a well
in order to water some useless weeds [instead of paddy].
129. Just as the movements of a vehicle in which one is
sitting
is wrongly taken to be one’s own movements,
so also those who do not have Self-Knowledge suffer from the delusion
of mistaking the birth and death [i.e., samsara] experience
by the ego as their [Self’s] own [birth and death].
130. If the ignorant one, who is clinging to the body and world as real,
wants to have peace, he should, giving up his wrong notion,
cling like an udumbu* to Self [Atman] in his heart.
An udumbu* is a giant lizard found in India which grows up to three feet in length;
its peculiarity is that it is able to cling to the flat surface of a wall so firmly
that a man holding it can lift himself up.
(Guru Vachaka Kovai)
OM TAT SAT
ओम् तत् सत्
Mr .Asad . Thank you for your inquiry . I am a Hindu but not a scholar . I do no knowt very much about Buddhism which was an off shoot of Hinduism .Many scholars think that Sankara was a crypto Buddhist in the sense that Sankara says that the affirmation of the absolute is in negative ie "neti" "neti" not this ,not this in sanskri.t as absolute is undefinable .Buddhism is basically an agnostic religion in the sense that Buddhism does not believe in existence of God Once when Buddha was on his death bed ,his disciples asked him if there is a God .Buddha answered saying that it is not important ,but what is important is that you should lead a good life . Sankara helped to revive Hinduism at a time when it was in decline due to the influence of both Buddhism and Jainism which were mainly agnostic religions ,when people were giving up on their worldly duties believing that it is part of detachment as Advocated in both Hinduism and Buddhism .He extorted people to perform their worldly duties without worrying too much about the fruition of their labor as advocated by Lord Krishna in Bhagvad Gita. Sankara in a sense was both a Karma Yogi , as he travelled lengths and breadth of the country preaching advaita and started Mutts(schools of learning ) in the four corners of India ,and also a bhakti (devotional path)yogi as he composed many hymns and also a Gnana (path of knowledge) Yogi by preaching Advaita and writing many lucid commentaries on Upanishad and Bhagvad Gita Theres.are lot of similarities in Sankara's advaita(non-dualism) and Buddhism in spite of differences. Hope I have answered your question.
Shanti, shanti, shanti 🙏
Swamiji, each & everyone of your videos --- I started watching the shorter ones---- & now I want to complete these and get up to date (13 lectures already over & I have just started on the 3rd)----- your way of explaining things ---- I really am indebted to God & my Guru gor having led me via the many you-tube surfings to you. My respectful pranams at your feet, guruji.
Seems like all answers of life exists in Vedanta..
yes, but there are other leads to all the "answers"
Swamiji thank you so much for these lectures what a gift 🙏🌼🧡
Seriously, such a gift. I am so glad I stumbled on to his videos. Peace and be well.
Nice to see people from other countries have pure interest in vedantha the true knowledge
It is wonderful these lectures are here. They bring great peace when I listen and contemplate their meaning. Thank you!
Your explanations are so simple that even the listeners of average intelligence with a sparse phylosophical bent of mind can comprehend and understand the inexpressible all-pervading boundless consciousness.
My Pranams to you, Swamiji.
"Our goal is not to remove sadness our goal is to remove the ignorance that causes suffering". I hope to be able to obtain this knowledge with your help. thank you Swamiji for sharing your wisdom. Namaste.
Pranaam Guruji. I am gaining insight and in the process pure happiness surrounds me.
Thank you 🙏
This one was made so well, incredible. Especially the beginning and summary of the previous revelations
Thank u Swami for a wonderful satsang 🙏
Pronaams!🙏
Talk starts at 10:45 of video.
Sri Guruve Namaha🙏🙏🙏
Thank you Swamiji for all these knowledge and making it accessible to everyone. Its a bless to listen to your teachings.
Thank you swami ji for sharing more simply way of understanding
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Thank you so much for your channel, Friend! I discovered it 2 days ago and watching all your movies now :-)
💕loves this!!
🙏🏻thank you guru ji
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Thank you swamiji, I got addicted to your lectures. Om Namah Shivaya.
You are a great teacher swami ji. I am so grateful to you.
Thank you swamiji for this wonderful teachings !
So much insight about our true nature. Thank you Swamiji
Koti Koti Dandwat Pranaam Prabhuji 🙏🙇♂️🙇♂️🙏
thnku Swamiji for enrtering my life... U might not know hw much helpful u r.. Jai Shri Krishna.
As a keen student of this eternal wisdom, I thank you for clear teachings!
Swami ji pranam .Thanks for such a nice explanation for us it has much clarity which is often missed when one reads the text due to lack of comprehensive study.
As I don't know sankrit , Swamiji your discourse has helped me to have insight into the book "Atmabhodha " thank you very much .
Om
TY Swami
Thank you very much Swamiji for the clearly understandable Discourse on Atma bodha. 🙏🙏🙏
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Thank you Swamiji. 🕉🙏
Very clear presentation of vedantic truths
नमस्ते स्वामी जी 🙏🙏🙏
Namo Namaha Swamiji.
Thank you Swamiji.
Thank you 🙏
Hare Krishna 🙏
Thorn used to remove the thorn is also thrown away in the same way knowledge after removing the ignorance vanishes itself.
Yes. In other words, using intellect or buddhi's viveka (discriminatory faculty) to analyze and imbibe knowledge of Baghavad Gita and also how to be non-responsive to our thought patterns/habitual thoughts and then using the same intellect or buddhi to not to respond to unwanted thought patterns (using viveka) and habitual thoughts. Simply put, don't analyze anything unnecessarily using the Buddhi. Let the subconscious thoughts based on vasanas die down on its own. This is Jnana yoga or vipasssana.
Obrigado ❤🙏🇧🇷
Thank you Gurujii 🙏 🙏 🙏
Pranam Swami ji.
"We're all experts in sadness" Damn Swamiji, are you okay?
Excellent swamji.
Pranams swamiji.
Thank you.... 🙏💖💖💖
Swamiji, you said that you had already talked about the metaphor of clouds that covers the sun.
It's because you talked about it recently in the precious video "Infinite Peace: A Meditator's Guide to Mind and Consciousness".
Thank you so much for your valuable teachings.
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Thank You very much
How to bring knowledge in the form of thought inside the mind to remove ignorance?
Knowledge is based on vasanas accumulated over time (due to past karma). So, vasanas decide a person's thought patterns and course of action. Start reading Baghavad Gita and analyze it using your intellect. Let us see where it takes you
The best way. Keep studying Vedanta
Jai shri Krishna
In overall this is pure knowledge 😭
Video Request: Thank you for your wisdom. Would it be possible for you to translate the KalbhairavAstak? Thank you so much in advance.
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I love u man you changed my ideology and freed me from so much of my unneccesary sufferings .im iranian and im deeply trust you but plz tell me if possible is hinduism contradictd with buddhism? We some iranian think buddha also is a great man with enlightment do u oppose him or not im foreigner and dont know many think just tell me are you agree with buddhism or not . I owe you my freedom and wisdom your accent is fluent and sweet and as we say every think that arose from bottom of heart inevitably accepted by other hearts you deeply believe in vedas and ...so we sense it and think deeply about that. Sincerely yours Asad from tehran
Azad.. I'm happy to help you, hindu is not a religion...It's noble practice of dharma, artha, kama and moksham.. Understanding the self..But you can't search for yourself without having the knowledge of this universe..Or the consciousness which is otherwise called Maya.we don't know where is the occurrence or the ending.so inorder to spot your existence the true self...One should experience ecstasy.Every religion say the god is some where but Veda describe the god is conscious and all pervasive.every thing on earth as well as in the universe has been manuscripted so as to move accordingly and precisely.from an ant to elephant..A virus to radiation everything is so manipulated.There is no heaven or hell but only karma decides the fate..
That's shortly described... Learn Vedas ... Attain knowledge... Know yourself...Have peace ...You will have moksha.
Self = sat + chit + anandam
To know it, one has to strive a little bit..
Once you are aware of self or athman...You will be able to attain moksha...ie.. paramathman.
Asad, this answer for you:
Hosamane Prabhakara
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Mr .Asad . Thank you for your inquiry . I am a Hindu but not a scholar . I do no knowt very much about Buddhism which was an off shoot of Hinduism .Many scholars think that Sankara was a crypto Buddhist in the sense that Sankara says that the affirmation of the absolute is in negative ie "neti" "neti" not this ,not this in sanskri.t as absolute is undefinable .Buddhism is basically an agnostic religion in the sense that Buddhism does not believe in existence of God Once when Buddha was on his death bed ,his disciples asked him if there is a God .Buddha answered saying that it is not important ,but what is important is that you should lead a good life . Sankara helped to revive Hinduism at a time when it was in decline due to the influence of both Buddhism and Jainism which were mainly agnostic religions ,when people were giving up on their worldly duties believing that it is part of detachment as Advocated in both Hinduism and Buddhism .He extorted people to perform their worldly duties without worrying too much about the fruition of their labor as advocated by Lord Krishna in Bhagvad Gita. Sankara in a sense was both a Karma Yogi , as he travelled lengths and breadth of the country preaching advaita and started Mutts(schools of learning ) in the four corners of India ,and also a bhakti (devotional path)yogi as he composed many hymns and also a Gnana (path of knowledge) Yogi by preaching Advaita and writing many lucid commentaries on Upanishad and Bhagvad Gita Theres.are lot of similarities in Sankara's advaita(non-dualism) and Buddhism in spite of differences. Hope I have answered your question.
Vedanta comes from knowledge of Vedas...
Buddhism doesn't come from vedas directly..
But you must understand budha belongs to same area have seen similar ways of truth.. but it was highly corrupted by castism(at that point of time knowledge was not made available for everyone because they didn't get actual essence of that holy books) and soo he (Buddha)had contempt towards whole pre-existing knowledge..
Buddhism is genuine so as Vedas are.. both speak of truth but there has been rivalry because of past situations and getting a strong hold..
I personally feel both are legitimate.. When it is in one's experience whatever we speak whatever language and words but the experience of ultimate is one.. Truth is One..
I hope this helps
@@ustinovvadim2114 None who said Shankara is crypto Buddhist has experienced truth.. those are fools.. rivalry.. one who experience truth understands the profoundness of vedanta..
However we call Buddhism agnostic or what so ever they speak of enlightenment which is realisation of truth.. in other words Buddhist were only against to call the intelligence which made this creation as GOD because the word itself is highly corrupted at that point of time.. even vedanta calls Ultimate attribute less (Nothingness).. look around now..! who follow vedanta are mere followers and Buddha has become an official God to pray.. even if someone realised truth now at this point of time will oppose both( veda or Buddhism) because true essence of them is lost in people's minds and cannot rely on those to drive people towards Truth.
@@dharshanamkrishna7483 wonderfully put sir.. 🙏
Namaskaram swamiji 🙏
'Tis a dream that I in sadness
Here am bound, the scorn of fate;
'Twas a dream that once a state
I enjoyed of light and gladness.
What is life? 'Tis but a madness.
What is life? A thing that seems,
A mirage that falsely gleams,
Phantom joy, delusive rest,
Since is life a dream at best,
And even dreams themselves are dreams.
"Life is a dream", Pedro Calderón de la Barca, 1636.
Swamy...i consider u as my guru..is it necessary that we have a direct interaction with guru so as to get his blessings and a push towards spiritual goals...I desperately need it ..Swamy ji..
I also have the same feeling. Remember that when the disciple is ready (adhikara) the connection with the Guru comes easily and naturally. In the meantime, our duty as spiritual aspirants is to continue to study the teachings of the Guru with fidelity and constancy. In any case, it is not so much the physical contact that is important, but the spiritual connection. I am sure that Swamiji's blessings are with us even without giving them directly. Namaskaram.
Swamiji, I pray to clarify certain doubts and please guide me.
If ignorance is darkness [as explained in verse 3] and knowledge is light, like sun-light, how can darkness cover light, how can ajnãna cover the Self-Effulgent Átma? Clouds do not cover the Sun but they cover earth. As we are situated on the earth looking at the Sun through the earth-covered clouds, we wrongly say [as we speak through the Sun’s angle] that the Sun is covered by clouds instead of saying that earth-covered clouds are obstructing our sight from seeing the sun. Likewise, Átma is never or cannot be covered by ignorance or ajnãna as ajnãna evaporates the moment it faces Átma. But our present state is, we, the Átma, “think and feel” that we have been covered by ajnãna as if the Sun [wrongly] “thinks” he has been covered by earthily clouds. Hence, the so called ignorance of the Átma is ‘self-inflicted’ ignorance which has to be corrected by “US” alone. Hence to correct the ‘self-inflicted’ ignorance what practice has to be done at the experiential level?
I understand Panchakośãs [particularly mind and intellect] as Jîva and Átma as THAT which shines Panchakośãs. Hence, I think, Átma is not Jîva [the individual or person]. But in verse 5 Jîva seems to have been used as synonym to Átma. I am always in confusion with this. Kindly clarify me.
My humble pranãms to Swamiji.
Dear Swami, At the end, and beginning of the classes what it is you chant ?
Dear Melike! Swami is chanting a universal prayer in sankirt..
Om Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah
Sarve Santu Niraamayaah |
Sarve Bhadraanni Pashyantu
Maa Kashcid-Duhkha-Bhaag-Bhavet |
Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih ||
Meaning:
1: Om, May All be Happy,
2: May All be Free from Illness.
3: May All See what is Auspicious,
4: May no one Suffer.
5: Om Peace, Peace, Peace.
asato ma sadgamaya
tamaso ma jyotirgamaya
mrtyorma amrtam gamaya
om shanti shanti shanti.
1: Om, (O Lord) Keep me not in (the Phenomenal World of) Unreality, but make me go towards the Reality (of Eternal Self),
2: Keep me not in (the Ignorant State of) Darkness, but make me go towards the Light (of Spiritual Knowledge),
3: Keep me not in (the World of) Mortality, but make me go towards the World of Immortality (of Self-Realization),
4: Om, Peace, Peace, Peace.
Actual video started10:00
'The world is like a dream...' . But can we be sure it is not 'just' a dream? And would it make a difference anyway?
The "dream" is illusion. Try to tear holes in the illusion; this process will open your mind to new thoughts that will tear away more illusions. Yes, it does make a difference. Consciousness grows as more and more of the illusions are set aside. These periods of disillusionment take time to unravel. Be patient, but continue with the process.
Spirituality is one method to reduce illusions, analytical psychology also is useful.
Which method is superior?
I think it is an individual choice. Both work, yet both take enormous amounts of time. And perhaps both methods can enhance the process of becoming fully Conscious, so that life is not a Dream.
Thank you Dear Swamiji,🙏can you give your knowledge on Kriya Yoga please. Thank You🙏🕉🙏💛
om shanti shanti. Very clear but the question arise: How do you truly gain such a knowledge in a deep way. Meaning that it is not all blown away by forexample acute pain physical or emotional?
Introspect about the knowledge you gained and start integrating it in your daily life or life style. Once there is stability in your surroundings, automatically, the possibility of getting caught in superficial opposites like pride/shame, beauty/ugly, emptiness/meaningfulness , love/hate, pain/pleasure, unconcern/emotional etc also goes down. This is dharmic mindset where balance of natural law happens. In this dharmic mindset and actions within the framework of it, nobody creates karma or cause and effect and reincarnation
In my opinion, spiritual practices should be perfected (or at least practised extensively such that it becomes a habit) when life is calm. It's very hard to start meditation, for eg, when you are undergoing great pain. However, if you have already been meditating for years, and then you encounter painful experiences, the strength of your spiritual practice will sustain you through the difficult times. I've personally observed this in some of my close family members. It works!!
Thankyou so much Guruji🙏🙏 I have to listen your videos many times to understand.. it's a blessing I found your channel.. 🙏🙏💐💐
XLXT 🙏😇! THANX!!!
Namaste'
Namasthe
So much grateful Swamiji for your great teachings. Just a quick Q. What would be the hindi translation for Consciousness? Would it be Cetnaa? Or just Brahman?
But what's consciousness doing about itself and why? Making a mess of itself in a mind posture by straying within itself and feels lost to itself as a separate self ! What is the compulsion? Consciousness " Vasanizes" itself to veil itself from itself as a physical entity.
Swamiji, What is IGNORANCE?
Is the veil covering our Consciousness due to ignorance or delusion/illusion...or both?
"We" are all prisoners born of "God's" conception, therefore "God" has yet to be born.
Try and think of what happens in the split-second an egg becomes fertilized., now imagine on a god-scale from within higher intra-dimensional levels that "we", along with nature/physical reality, are the byproduct of that process unfolding.
So there's no reason whatsoever to fear or worship., THAT which "we" all are already a part of.
The Shivalinga is the precursor of the Holy Trinity in describing what is taking place across intra-dimensional levels of existence of a singular being's metamorphosis into..., a God?
Just as the physical universes experience multiple crunches and expansions like a heart beat., this being "we" are all part of, will eventually reach a stage in its progress where it will withdraw into itself all of the knowledge or data acquired through experiences from those separate individual consciousnesses whose Souls were able to make it through and beyond the life stages of Mineral, Vegetable and Animal.
That's all "we" are., packets of information whose ego-identity becomes sacrificed upon subsumption into the One.
Do any of you know what you're really asking for in seeking ultimate liberation?
If you enjoy inhabiting a human or any other form capable of expressing your individual character and Will., you're not ready for mergence.
With that said., Who are my parents?
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Is it parichchanna’ or ‘parichchinna’?
Atmen in german means to breath
Good one - But I still doubt, how can self knowledge be lost once you remove the viel of Ingnorance?
Thanks to Swamiji for imparting profound wisdom to all of us. Sanjey, to answer your question, as Swamiji mentioned knowledge is part of our mind in the form of thoughts. As in the metaphor where kataka powder attracts impure dust particles and settles down at the bottom of the container leaving only the pure water in the top, in the same way knowledge in the forms of thoughts in our minds get dissolved along with the veil of ignorance, leaving only our true nature self shine.
because you will see that you are not an individual "self" but "all" or "no" self
It's little confusion that if all necessary what is primary means.
the secondaries help to make use of the primary means
What's the use of all this knowledge when the world is being overcome by an utterly senseless religion. As the things are advancing all these knowledge will die out and only the most grotesque form of I don't know what to call it, will survive.
But Swami, clouds in Olympia Washington state are present 99% of the year 🤣
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