You are GOD - part 1
Namaste,hare krishna.[ Here I WANT TO SHOW "BHAGAVATAM" IS ADVAITIAN VAISHNAWA'S SCRIPTURE. Indeed this thread is in right forum as it is as per peradvaitian vaishnawa perceptive ]
Who I am ? It is the most hidden question in hindu dharma.VEDA SAYS " AHAM BRAMHASMI ". I am bramhan . bramhan can't be described .However it can be described indirectly by negation of all mind thoughts .The intersecting fact about bramhan is that whatever we think about it , it is not like that at all (neti neti ).Even knower of bramhan can not describe it .
There are different sects like dwaita ,achintya bhedabheda ,semi dwaita etc , which claim their origin in veda and in vedic scriptures.But advaita is totally different from this . It is entirely based on " abheda darshan ".The main motto of all sects is to destroy "anatma mind" due to which soul thinks himself as a jiva { jiva means consiousness which is formed due to mind ,intellect and various pranas } . The mosksha is nothing but to destroy "adnyana".But they(sects) have forgotten this due to maya .eg , IN bheda shruti , veda says there is creation of universe from bramhan or ishwara.But it doesn't confirm this as absolute reality .Again in abheda shriti , it says everything is bramhan , bramhan is unchangable without a second.There is no any transformation in bramhan .Creation of anything is not possible ever. Veda says there is no creation or dissolution or liberation or bondage .All are mind's game,maya. It's the ultimate knowledge.
According to my view(scripture's view too), all paths finally coincide with advaita.Vedic sages knew that for a common man ,this world is actually present .We can see it ,experiance it .For that ingnorant person , it is more than impossible to accept this world as bramhan and atma as bramhan only .Even though veda states differences but finally according to neti netilogic,proves that there is no any difference like thing at all, difference is maya and veda merges all differences in what remains after negation of everything ,which is often named as "bramhan".
Now let's come to actual point , bhagavt purana - 12th canto-5th chapter- last discourse of shukadeva to parikshit.
It is very interesting to know what are that final words of bramhadnyani shukadeva. That words are the essence of all veda , upanishadas and puranas. That is the "vidnyana" - supreme knowledge {bramhavidya}.Finally shukadeva instructs 'direct advaita' knowledge to parikshita.
"shri shuka uvach , atranuvarnyate abhikshnam....bramha rudrah krodhah samudbhavah " (1):
{IN this purana , there is mention of vishwatma shri hari everywhere.Bramha and rudra are not different from shri hari ,they are his manifestations as "prasad lila " and "krodha lila"}
"twam tu rajan marishyeti.....devatwam na nankshyasi"(2) :
{ hey king , give up this animalistic'aviveka'that you will die ,just as this body was not before ,now it is born and then it will get destroyed ,in the same way you were not before ,now you are born and then at the end you will die - this is not true at all.}
"na bhavishyasi bhutwa....yathanalah " (3) :
{Just as sprout takes birth from a seed and then generating a new seed,in the same way,from one body another body is created .But you are not formed from anything nor You will take birth again in the form of your sons and grandsonsRather,you are entirely distinct from the body,in the same way that fire is distinct from its fuel.}
"swapne yatha......atma hyajomarah" (4)
{ In a dream one can see his own head being cut off and thus understand that his actual self is standing apart from the dream experience. Similarly, while awake one can see that his body is a product of the five material elements. Therefore it is to be understood that the soul, is distinct from the body it observes and is free from birth and death , immortal. }
"ghate bhinne ghatakash.....jivo bramha sampadyate punah"(5)
{ When a pot is broken, the portion of sky within the pot remains as the entire sky, just as before.But because of disappearance of portion of sky within pot one thinks that it has been connected to entire sky -but in reality, it was already connected to entire sky, In the same way, when the gross and subtle bodies die, it is just like jiva has become bramhan.(In reality jiva was already bramhan .His abramhata is just a false appearance.)
"manah srujati vai....maya tato jivasya sansrutihi" (6)
{ The material bodies, qualities and karma are created by the material mind for soul. That mind is itself created by maya (avidya), and thus in reality only maya is responsible for jivahood of soul.}
"snehadhishtanavartyagni sanyogo.....rajah satwo tamo vkrutya jayate atha vinashyati."(7)
{ A lamp functions as such only by the combination of its fuel, vessel, wick and fire. Similarly,as long as soul is connected with karma ,mind ,body and pranas ,he remains in cycle of birth and death and from three gunas,he acts as if he is created,nurished and destroyed. }
"na tatratma swayamjyotiryo...dhruvoanantopamastatah" (8)
{ But just as because of disappearance of flame of lamp ,tatwa of agni is not destroyed,in the same way self luminous soul is not destroyed.Because that soul is beyond karya-karana,manifestation and unmanifestation,he is support of all things like sky ,soul is ever existing,omnipresent and ananta(endless).Really example of atma is atma only.}
"evam atmanam atmasthamatma naivamrusha prabho,budhyanuman garbhinya vasudevanuchintaya" (9)
{ dear King, by constantly meditating upon the Vasudeva, and by applying clear and logical intelligence, you should himself realise your self in the inner situated soul }
"chodito vipravakyen na twam dhakshyati takshakah, mrutyavo nopadhakshyanti mrutyunam mrutyum ishwaram." (10)
{ Look, you are death of death itself. You are god himself . The snake-bird Takshaka, sent by the curse of the brahmana, will not burn your true self.what about that snake? even death itself and agents of death can not come near you }
"aham bramha param dham bramhaham paramam padam,evam samikshya chatmanamatmanyadhaya nishkale " (11)
{ you should meditate (chintana) like this :'I am all pervading bramhan ,I am all pervading parabramhan only .In this way,you should do your self steady in ever-lasting,endless bramhan. }
"dashantam takshakam pade lelihanam vishananaihi,na drakshyasi shariram cha vishvam cha pruthagatmanah " (12)
{ At that time he will approch you with his poison-filled fangs and bites your foot. Nothing matters .By risigning yourself in atmaroopa, you will not see your self different not only from this body ,even from this entire universe. }
yes , indeed aham bramhasmi .
ram krishna hari
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Originally Posted by jopmala
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