[Advaita-l] Question on adhyaasa

[sreenivasa murthy]

 Dear Sri Venkataraghavan,
   You write : " Perhaps the discerning one should focus their attention on that reality and cast aside everything else."
Sri Shankara in his commentary to Shloka 18-55 of Bhagavad Gita writes :
(a) svAtmAnuBavaniScayarUpENa yat avasthAnaM sA parAjnAnaniShThA ityucyate ||
(b) pratyagAtmAvikriyasvarUpaniShThatvAcca mOkShasya. ||
  This is what happens and culminates in when one focuses his attention on that reality. So a sincere mumukShu should cast aside everything else. The methodology for this  has been shown ,in the very direct manner, in the mantras 2-1-3 & 2-1-4 9f Kathopanishad , mantra 2-4 0f Kena Upanishad and commentary of Sri Shankara to these mantras.

I thank you for the excellent reply which in a very pointed way shows what a mumukShu has to do in order to be an Atmavit.



    On Friday, 7 December, 2018, 2:31:38 AM IST, Venkatraghavan S <agnimile at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 The same thing which pervades silence, pervades discussion also. Perhaps the discerning one should focus their attention on that reality and cast aside everything else.
Kind regards,Venkatraghavan
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