[Advaita-l] WHAT IS BRAHMAJNANA / ATMAJNANA?

[Venkatesh Murthy]

Namaste
On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 5:44 AM, sreenivasa murthy via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

>   Dear Readers,
>                                                 Brahmajnana /
> AtmajnanaEven though various names have been given to Brahman in Upanishads
> it is neither an object  to vAk (mAtu) nor to mental mode
> (pratyaya).                    Brahman   is  our own true svarUpa
> (AtmasvarUpa)                      which is THE WITNESS of these
> two. Non-perceptual and non-conceptual  realization of the above within
> oneself by oneself   is  Brahmajnana or Atmajnana.        Thus taught my
> Revered Guru.
> I have shared this teaching which is based on Kena Upanishad with like
> minded, open minded and sincere  mumukshus.  With warm  regards,Sreenivasa
> Murthy
>

Yes. Words-ಮಾತು and Mind-ಮನಸ್ಸು cannot grasp Brahman. The Upanisad is
saying ಯತೋ ವಾಚೋ ನಿವರ್ತಂತೇ ಅಪ್ರಾಪ್ಯ ಮನಸಾ ಸಹ. But first of all we have to use
ಮಾತು and ಮನಸ್ಸು only to understand this point. In the beginning itself if
we say this it is not correct. ಮಾತು and ಮನಸ್ಸುwill start creating false
concepts for Atma and Brahma. Like Brahman is a God with many Gunas.

We have to use ಮಾತು and ಮನಸ್ಸು negatively to deny the same false concepts
using ನೇತಿ ನೇತಿ Neti Neti. All the Sankara Bhashyas are doing this only.
They are using ನೇತಿ ನೇತಿ to deny false concepts created by ಮಾತು and ಮನಸ್ಸು
and pointing to outside ಮಾತು and ಮನಸ್ಸು.



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-Venkatesh