Re: Aham Brahmasmi -2 - Discussion on Scriptures
Namaste,
Bhagwad Gita tells us, “There is nothing as purifying as Knowledge”. Discussion on scriptures is one of the steps towards (theoretical) Knowledge. AdhyAtmopanishad talks on Advaitic nature of self and Self and advises ways to realise Self.
Some verses from Adhyatmaopanishad :
GhatAkAsham mahAkAshmivAtmAnam mahAkAshe parAtmani |
VilapyAkhandbhAvena tooshNIm bhava sadA mune ||7||
SvaprakAshamadhishThAyam svayam bhUya sadAtmanA |
BrahmANdampi piNdANdam tyajyatAm malabhANdavat||8||
chidAtmani sadAnande dehArUdhmahmdhiyam |
niveshyam lingmutrsrijya kevalobhava sarvadA ||9||
yatraisha jadadAbhAsho darpaNantahpuram yathA |
tadbrahmAhamiti gyAtvA kritkrityo bhAvAnagha ||10||
GhtAkAsham = Ghat (Jar) + AkAsham (space) = Space in the jar
mhAkAshmivAtmAnam = mahAkAsham (the Infinite Space) + iva (alone) + AtmAnam (self)
mahAkAshe parAtmani = into Infinite Space + ParmAtmA (God)
vilApAkhaNdabhAvena = vilApyA (dissolving) + akhaNdabhAvena (without any sense of duality )
tushNIm = peaceful / without any disturbance
bhava = become
sadA = always
mune = O’ Muni (sage)
=> O’ Muni, as space in the jar is dissolved into the Infinite space (on breaking of the jar), so dissolve (your) self into the Infinite God (Self) without any sense of duality and attain everlasting peaceful state.
svaprakAsham = self illuminated (illuminated by itself)
adhisThAyam = the support, the substratum
svayam bhUya sadAtmanA = oneself become Self
BrahmANdamapi = BrahmANada (Universe) too
piNdAdam = body
tyajyatAm = discarding
malabhANdavat = pot filled with excreta
=> Become the self-illumined, the substratum (of all) Self by discarding this body and this universe in the same manner as (one should discard) a pot filled with excreta.
chidAtmani = Self that is consciousness
sadAnande = always in bliss
dehArUdhamahmdhiyam = deharUdha (mounted over the body) + aham (ego, i-ness) + dhiyam (buddhi)
niveshyam = should impose upon
lingamutsrijya = discarding the linga sharira (subtle body)
kevalobhava = be kevala (non-dual Self) --- stay as non-dual Self
sarvadA = always
=> Imposing the ahamKAr (i-ness) mounted upon the body on ever blissful Self that is Consciousness and discarding the subtle body (linga sharIra) stay always as Non-dual Self.
yatraisha = yatra (where) + esha (this)
jagadAbhAso = jagat (world) + AbhAsah = world is perceived (apparently)
darpANtahpuram yathA = darpaNtah (in the mirror) + puram (city)
+ yatha ( As)
tadbrahmAhamiti = tat (that) + Brahman + aham+ iti = I am that Braham alone
gyAtvA = by knowing
kritkrityo = kritkrityah (having attained the ultimate)
bhavAnagha = bhava (become) +anagha (sinless)
=> Knowing that “I am that Brahman” alone, in which this world is perceived, in the same manner as a city is perceived in a mirror, be Kritkritya, O’ sinless !
OM
Last edited by devotee; 17 June 2012 at 09:37 AM.
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