Chapter 5 - Verses 42-68 | Atma Bodha

evamatmaranau dhyanamathane satatam krte, uditavagatirjvala sarvajnanendhanam dahet II 42 Il

Thus, when the lower and higher aspects of the Self are churned together, the fire of knowledge which is generated shall burn down all the fuel of ignorance.

aruneneva bodhena purvam santamase hrte, tata avirbhavedatma svayamevamsumaniva 43 Il

Just as the sun rises soon after lord of the early dawn Aruna has dispelled the thick darkness that existed before, so too, the Self manifests on Its own accord, once the right knowledge has dispelled ignorance.

Ul Vv i atma tu satatam prapto’pyapraptavadavidyaya, tannase praptavadbhati svakanthabharanam yatha 44 Il

Atman is an ever existing Reality. Yet, because of ignorance It is not realised.

Therefore, as soon as the ignorance is dispelled, the Atman is realised. It is like the missing ornament of one’s neck.

jivasya tattvike rupe tasmindrste nivartate II 45 Il sthanau purusavadbhrantya krta brahmani jivata, Just as a post appears to be a ghost, Brahman appears to be a Jiva because of ignorance. The egocentric individuality is destroyed when the real nature of the Jiva is realised as the Self. Verse 45 : Important 2 Benefits of Jnanam Immediate Secondary

• Agyana Nivritti - Consequential
• Can’t do transactions in - Do transactions without

darkness. hurting my self.

• Switch on light. - Jeevan and Videha Mukti.
• Jiva, Jagat, Ishvara room is in darkness.
• It is not properly lit up, hence we are getting hurt in all our relationships.
• Whole life transacting in darkness. Entered world without lighting up.
• Samsara = Andam Tamaha world of blinding darkness.

Isavasya Upanishad :

| Andham tamah pravisanti ye’vidyam-upasate, tato bhuya iva te tamo ya u vidyayagm ratah 9

They who worship Avidya rites alone enter into blindening darkness, and they, who are engaged in Vidya meditation verily fall, as though, into an even greater darkness. Verse 9

Vedanta is the switch to light on Consciousness - first before transactions start.

Jivatma and Brahmatvam are not 2 entities, not 2 substances, 2 persons, 2 things, only 2 words for one entity.

Jivatma does not and can’t make Paramatma as an object to see. Standing in front or reach Paramatma in Vaikunta. One Substance Gold Chain Real Incidental One Consciousness Jivatma Brahmatvam

• Misconception Real status
• False status because of

ignorance of real status.

• Name given in ignorance.

Both statuses do exist, but can’t co exist. Factual Nitya Shuddha Karna - 2 Statuses Radheya Kaunteya

• Because of ignorance - Kaunteya status displaces

suffered. Radheya status.

• Through Vedanta we are discovering our old status, we don’t become Brahman.
• If Paramatma is new entity it will have Desha, Kala, Vastu limitations.
• What is Paramatma?
• |—Jiva alone am called paramatma.
• 2 different names given by Shastra for one entity.

Question :

• If Jivatma and Paramatma are one substance, why give 2 Names?
• When Paramatma not understood, it is mistaken as Jivatma.

¢ My Intrinsic status is Paramatma status, free from space, time, objects or attributewise limitations.

• Upon this me, Brahman status, what have we done?

a Jivatva Krta :

• False status of Jivatma superimposed, Adhyaropita.

Jiva, Jagat, Ishvara Consciousness - Pure Screen Superimposed

Dakshinamoorthy Stotram :

Vishvam Darpanna-Drshyamaana-Nagarii- Tulyam Nija-Antargatam | Pashyann-Aatmani Maayayaa 821-1/0 | 001104 Yathaa Nidrayaa |

Yah Saakssaat-Kurute Prabodha-Samaye 5/3- ^ 133131-5/3- 0/3 31 = Tasmai Shrii-Guru-Muurtaye Nama Idam Shrii-Dakssinnaamuurtaye || 1 | | seers sel

Salutations to Sri Dakshinamurthy Who Awakens the Glory of the Atman within us through His Profound Silence The

Entire World is Like a City Seen within a Mirror, the Seeing happening within One’s Own Being, It is a Witnessing happening within the Atman, the Witnessing of the Externally Projected World; Projected by the Power of Maya; As if a

Dream in Sleep, One Experiences this Directly this Play of Maya during Spiritual Awakening within the Non-Dual Expanse of One’s Own Atman, Salutations to Him, the Personification of Our Inner Guru Who Awakens This Knowledge through His

Profound Silence; Salutation to Sri Dakshinamurthy. Verse 1

• Why are we superimposing?

b Brantya :

• Due to delusion, ignorance, Agyanam.

© Sthanau - Purusha Vatu :

Example :

• Stump of tree cut upto 5 feet, grows with 2 Branches, and leaves.
• In semidarkness, looks like a thief / ghost hiding with 2 hands and fingers moving.
• Harmless stump becomes source of fear. 216
• Misunderstood
• Source of worry, pain anxiety.
• Driven by insecurity

throughout life.

• False status given to Svarupa |.
• Understood as pure

Consciousness.

• Source of Joy

~ lam ever secure Paramatma. What to do to drive away thief / ghost?

• Gain Jnanam - understand that there is no thief, only stump.
• How to remove notion of Samsari “I”?
• By knowing that there is no Samsari | ~ It is only a mistaken “I”, appearance as Samsari

d Tattvike Rupe Drishte :

• See real nature of Jiva, as Asamsari Brahma Rupa.
• Then what happens? Fake Jivatvam is not there in us to drive.

e Tasmin Drishte Nivartate :

° 3° Benefit of Jnanam.

• Jivatva Branti Nivritti.

The Karṇa Example: Karṇa had two statuses - Rādheya (son of the charioteer) and Kaunteya (son of Kuntī). Because of ignorance of his true identity, he suffered as Rādheya. When he learned he was Kaunteya, the Rādheya status was displaced - he did not gain anything new, he merely recognised what he already was. Similarly, we suffer as limited Jīvas because of ignorance. Self-knowledge merely reveals what we have always been - the Supreme Brahman.

‌ ve i tattvasvarupanubhavadutpannam jnanamanjasa, aham mameti cajnanam badhate digbhramadivat II 46

Just as right information removes the wrong notion about the directions, so too, the knowledge that is gained as a result of the experience of the Truth, destroys the ignorance that is characterised by the notions of ‘I-ness’ and ‘my-ness’.

The entire world is a projection upon the screen of Consciousness - just like a city seen within a mirror.

Uh a voll samyagvijnanavanyogi svatmanyevakhilam jagat, ekam ca sarvamatmanamiksate jnanacaksusa II 47 Il

The perfect yogi of Realisation and Enlightment sees, through his ‘ eye of wisdom’

Jnana Chakshu, the entire universe in his own Self and regards everything else as his own Self and nothing else.

Verse 47 : Important - Best Verse in Atma Bodha Dvaita Branti Nivritti. Difficult to Swallow.

Delusion regarding existence of duality, plurality, goes.

Vedanta reveals there is nothing other than me in Atma.

Whole world born out of Atma, rests in Atma and resolves into Atma, pure

Chaitanyam which is my real intrinsic nature. Dream world Waking world

• Rises, rests, resolves into waker. - Rises, rests, resolves into Atma.

Dakshinamurthy Stotram :

• Vishwam Darpana… Verse 1

Dakshinamurthy Stotram :

Vishvam Darpanna-Drshyamaana-Nagarii- Tulyam Nija-Antargatam | Pashyann-Aatmani Maayayaa Bahir-Ivo dbhuutam Yathaa Nidrayaa |

Wettened Yah Saakssaat-Kurute Prabodha-Samaye Sva-/Aatmaanam-Eva-Advayam = Tasmai Shrii-Guru-Muurtaye Nama Idam Shrii-Dakssinnaamuurtaye || 1 | | seers sel

Salutations to Sri Dakshinamurthy Who Awakens the Glory of the Atman within us through His Profound Silence The

Entire World is Like a City Seen within a Mirror, the Seeing happening within One’s Own Being, It is a Witnessing happening within the Atman, the Witnessing of the Externally Projected World; Projected by the Power of Maya; As if a

Dream in Sleep, One Experiences this Directly this Play of Maya during Spiritual Awakening within the Non-Dual Expanse of One’s Own Atman, Salutations to Him, the Personification of Our Inner Guru Who Awakens This Knowledge through His

Profound Silence; Salutation to Sri Dakshinamurthy. Verse 1 224

Vedanta :

• Waking world seems to be outside because we are in Dream, asleep to our original

status.

Atma Definition :

• Sthula, Sukshma, Karana Vyatiriktat Avasta Traya Sakshi, Aham Asmi.
• Whenlam asleep to my original status, | am in dream.

Katho Upanishad :

Uttishata jagrata, Prapya varan nibodhata, at Ksurasya dhara 1115118 duratyaya durgam pathas-tat kavayo vadanti II 14

Arise, awake ; having reached the great teachers learn realize that Atman. Like the sharp edge of a razor is that path, difficult to cross and hard to tread - thus say the wise. I -IIl - 14 ¢ Spiritual awakening.

• Jnani knows this fact and does not give reality to waking world separate from himself,

Atma.

• |appear in the form of this world is Advaita Darshanam.

° Advaita Darshanam is 4” benefit of Atma Jnanam.

• Total change in perspective of world and myself.
• When identified with body, because of ignorance, | am creature, supported by vast

world.

• Perspective in Agyana Kala. 225
• Supporter - Supported, identified with body.
• Adhara - Small creature, battered helplessly,

struggling.

• Adheyam.
• Changed perspective in Jnana Kala.

Jagrat World ~ Am Chaitanyam, consciousness, - Supported pure awareness. - Adheyam

• Infinitely bigger than universe. - Comes and goes in time.
• Not in time and space. - Mithya
• Supporter
• Sarva Adharam.
• World rises in consciousness, rests

in consciousness, dissolves into consciousness.

• Replace consciousness by Aham.

Declare:

Kaivalya Upanishad :

Gad ad ‌ mayyeva sakalarh jatarh mayi sarvarh pratisthitam | ad ‌ || mayi sarvam layarh yati tadbrahmadvayamasmyaham || 19||

In me alone everything is born ; in me alone does everything exist and in me alone gets everything dissolved. | am That non-dual Brahman. Verse 19 | 2111 not creature born and dying in the world but Sarva Adhara Chaitanyam in whom world rises and dissolves.

Gita :

That, which is night to all beings, in that the self- controlled man keeps awake; where all beings are awake, that is the night for the Sage Muni who sees. Chapter 2 - Verse 69

Difference between :

• Ajnanis day is Jnanis night.
• Jnanis day is Ajnanis night.

Both live in same world but there is radical change in vision. Dream world Individual in Dream

• Supporter - Supported
• Asleep to original waker status. 227

On Waking :

¢ Dream world arises in me the waker, exists in me, resolves into me.

• Don’t exist separate from waker, simple projection of mind.
• We comfortably say that in waking but in dream can’t see this fact.
• Similarly, when we are awake to our original Atma status, and claim that as our real

status. ° Wecan declare waking as 2” long dream of 100 years. Taittriya Upanishad : Siksha Valli ‌ aA | aham vrksasya reriva, kirtih prstham gireriva, urdhvapavitro vajintva svamrtamasmi, dravinagm savarcasam, sumedha amrtoksitah, iti trisankorvedanuvacanam I! 1 | am the stimulator in the tree of universe. My fame glory is high as the peaks of the mountains. High and pure am | like the essence in the sun; | am the power and the wealth, effulgent with intuition. Intelligent, imperishable and undecaying am | - this is the sacred recitation of Trisanku, after he realised the Truth. I - X - 1 Taittriya Upanishad : Brighu Valli Gee i Ha3 vu ha3 vu ha3 vu, ‌ | aham-annam-aham-annam-aham-annam, aham-annado3-’ham-annado3-’ham-annadah, Bel, ‌ || ahagri floka-krd-ahagm Sloka-krda-hagm Sloka-krt, aham-asmi prathamaja rta3-sya, devebhyo-‘mrtasya 1103 bhayi, | yo ma dadati sa edeva ma3 vah, aham-annam-annam-adantama3-‘dmi, fad ‌ | aham bhuvanam-abhya-bhava3m, ‌ suvarna jyotih, ya evam veda, ity-upanisat.

Oh! Oh! Oh! | am the food, | am the food, | am the food. | am the eater of food, | am the eater of the food, | am the eater of food. | am the author of the Sloka, | am the author of Sloka, | am the author of Sloka | the am the first born

Hiranyagarbha of the True of the Eternal and the immortal | am the centre of immortality, prior to the Gods. Whoever gives me, he surely does save thus. | am the food that eats him who eats food. | have conquered all, in this world. | am luminous like the sun. He who knows thus also attains the aforesaid results. This is the Upanishad. Ill - X - 6

• Upanishad full of declarations by realised Rishis :

| am creator not creature in the world.

• Aham Jagat Karanam Brahman Asmi Brahma Sutra.
• Important perspective change is benefit of Atma Jnanam which is indicated in Verse

a Samyak Vigyanavan : Yogi

• Clear well assimilated, wise person with wisdom, doubtless, vaguelessness.
• Brahma Satyam, Jagan Mithya not mystic experience.
• Yogi - 1125 Sadhana Chatushtaya Sampatti, qualified student.
• When qualifications taken care of, Jnanam will bring transformation.

b Svatmani Akhilam Jagat Pashyati :

• All galaxies, time, space seen, located in himself, Atma, Chaitanyam, awareness,

Sakshi.

• These are all in me, is Jnanis inner vision, fact.
• For other Ajnanis it appears a joke.

c Chid Ananda Atmani jagat Ikshate :

• Big jump in 2” line.

d Sarvam Ekam Atmanam Cha Ikshate Jnana - Caksusa :

• Next higher state seen by the eye of wisdom.

15 Stage :

• World is supported by me.
• | 2111 consciousness, world is matter.
• World includes my body, mind - matter.
• Whole world is resting in me Chaitanyam. 230

World is Drishyam, Achetanam, object, supported by subject. Penultimate state. Remain in this state for sometime. lam accepting duality, Dvaitam.

24 Stage :

How Dvaitam is swallowed?

Material universe resting in me is of lower order of reality like dream world. Dream world Lower order Experienced, disappears Located in real me waker. Mithya Waker world | Atma Lower world - Ever exists Experienced disappears - Satyam Located in real me - Atma. Mithya

Dream world and waking world both are Mithya Nama Rupa, have no separate existence of their own.

Dream world can’t exist separate from waker.

Waking world can’t exist separate from Atma.

This is Viveka Shakti derived by Atma Jnanam.

Universe is nothing but Atma itself appearing as a separate entity.

Dream appears as though as separate entity. Dream world my own thought projection. | alone am appearing as separate world. This is height of Advaitam. lam the ultimate substance of creation. All divisions because of Nama Rupa.

All names and forms supported by one substance called Brahman.

Sarvam ekam Atmanam Ikshate / Pashyati - sees as one Atma. 2 Stages Everything in me Everything is me How does all this happen?

• Jnana Chakshu - by eye of wisdom, symbolised in Puranas as 3 eye of lord shiva.
• Physical eyes see difference, Jnana Chakshu sees oneness.
• Scientist sees coal + diamond essentially as carbon.
• Empherically, differences respected, without forgetting ultimate truth, Chaitanyam.
• Science ~ world is atoms, electrons, neutrons, protons, one energy.

Vedanta :

• Energy = Achetanam.
• Brahma = Chetanam, Consciousness, awareness.

Perspective Change: The world appears to be outside us because we are in a dream, asleep to our original status. When we wake up, the world is seen as our own Self.

The Jñānī sees the entire universe in his own Self through the ‘eye of wisdom’ (Jñāna Cakṣu) and regards everything else as his own Self. The material universe rests in the Self as a lower order of reality - like a dream world.

sravanadibhiruddipta jnanagniparitapitah, jivah sarvamalanmuktah svarnavaddyotate svayam II 66 Il

The Jiva, on being heated in the fire of knowledge kindled by listening to the scriptures and so on, becomes free from impurities and shines by itself like gold.

Gari ‌ digdesakaladyanapeksya sarvagam sitadihrnnityasukham niranjanam, yassvatmatirtham bhajate viniskriyah sa sarvavitsarvagato’mrto bhavet II 68 II

One who renounces all activities, who is free of all the limitations of time, space and direction, who worships his own Atman- which is present everywhere, which is the destroyer of heat and cold, which is stainless and eternal Bliss -becomes all knowing and all - pervading and thereafter, attains immortality.