Consciousness

[Maadhavan Srinivasan]

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>From: "Chandran, Nanda (NBC)" <Nanda.Chandran at NBC.COM>
>Subject:      Consciousness
>Comments: To: "advaita-l at tamu.edu" <advaita-l at tamu.edu>
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>Sadananda, thanks a lot for your detailed response. It made a lot of
sense
>except on the subject of the consciousness that you often referred to.
>
>It would be an understatement to say that I'm confused! Yesterday I was
>reading Swami Satchidananda's translation on Patanjala Yoga Sutras and
in
>that he quotes an ancient Sanskrit verse, "As the mind, so the man; the
>concept of bondage and liberation exist in the mind only"! He also
explains
>that since we're conscious of the operations of the mind, we cannot be
the
>mind itself. But isn't this consciousness the Ahamkara or the Ego,
which in
>some texts is referred to as part of the mind itself?
>
>I think we can totally negate the body. So that leaves the mind
(manas), the
>intellect (buddhi) and the "I" consciousness (ahamkara). Can somebody
>explain the relation of these three to the Self?
>

Mind,Buddhi,Ahamkata,Self,etc., are nothing but Brahmam.

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