VEDĀNTA the solution to our fundamental problem by D. Venugopal
Part 56 concludes the examination of the idea that enlightenment involves an ‘experience’ – this is a misunderstanding of the concept of anubhava. And there is an extended analysis of the ‘tenth man’ metaphor, showing how the mahavAkya-s can give direct knowledge of the Self – aparokSha j~nAna.
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VEDĀNTA the solution to our fundamental problem by D. Venugopal
Part 54 looks at Ramana Maharshi’s ‘Who am I?’ practice and explains that the ‘I thought’ cannot be removed by self-investigation. It also explains that we do not have to get rid of vAsanA-s in order to gain mokSha.
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VEDĀNTA the solution to our fundamental problem by D. Venugopal
Part 53 explains why stopping thoughts or destroying the mind has nothing to do with enlightenment.
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VEDĀNTA the solution to our fundamental problem by D. Venugopal
Part 52 asks whether branches of yoga other than j~nAna are able to confer mokSha and refers to the categorization given in the Bhagavad Gita.
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VEDĀNTA the solution to our fundamental problem by D. Venugopal
Part 51 explains the roles of action and knowledge in attaining mokSha. Shankara provides the reasoning why the function of karma is to purify the mind while j~nAna removes the ignorance that prevents the realization that we are already free.
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VEDĀNTA the solution to our fundamental problem by D. Venugopal
Part 50 explains the concept of sarvAtmabhAva – how upAdhi-s account for the apparent existence of many, even though there is only AtmA. And it explains how we can know ‘I’ as AtmA whilest still acting as an individual jIva.
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VEDĀNTA the solution to our fundamental problem by D. Venugopal
Part 49 explains how the mahAvAkya ‘tat tvam asi‘ produces knowledge of brahman via the akhaNDAkAra vRRitti in the mind.
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VEDĀNTA the solution to our fundamental problem by D. Venugopal
Part 48 concludes the explanation of the mahAvAkya ‘tat tvam asi‘ by a detailed analysis of the mechanism by which the contradictory mithyA aspects of Ishvara and jIva are given up, leaving the satyam oneness of brahman.
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VEDĀNTA the solution to our fundamental problem by D. Venugopal
Part 47 begins the explanation of the mahAvAkya ‘tat tvam asi‘. It first deals with the ‘direct’ (vAchyArtha) meaning. The 3 indicators (lakShaNA-s) for deriving the implied or intended meaning (lakShyArtha) of a word are then examined.
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