[Advaita-l] SHARING

[Murali k]

Dear Mr. Sreenivas,

Thanks for sharing these nuggets/pointers. They are very helpful.

Regards,
Murali

On 16 July 2018 at 20:08, sreenivasa murthy via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

>
> Dear friends,
>
> Please permit me to share some of the advice given by myRevered Guru
> during my association with him and they were of tremendous help tome.
>
>
>
> Sri Shankara says :
>
>  (1) sarvasya AtmatvAccabrahmAstitvaprasiddhiH ||
>                          [brahma Sutra : 1-1-1]
>  (2) na hi AtmA nAma kasyacit kadAcitaprasiddhaH prApyaH hEyaH
>       upAdEyO vA ||
>                        [BhagadgItA : 18-50]
>  (3) sarva SRutiShu cabrahmanyAtmaSabdaprayOgAt ||
>                        [bRuhadAranyaka : 2-1-20]
>  (4) ya Eva nirAkartA tadEva tasyasvarUpam ||
>                            [brahma Sutra : 2-3-7]
> (5) AtmA hi nAma svarUpam ||
>                             [brahma Sutra :1-1-6]
>  Hundreds of such passages are availablein the commentaries of
>  Sri Shankara. It is self evident fromthe above passages that
>  Brahman/Ishvara is none other than onesown TRUE NATURE. This is not
>  something based on faith but on one'sown anubhava which is
>  self-evident, self-established ,self-luminousTRUTH. Sruthi and
>  acharya help us to see this fact withinourselves as said by the
>  Sruthi " AtmanyEvAtmAnam paSyati ||Bru.u. 4-4-23".
>
>  Here the word used  is "paSyati" which means 'sees','cognizes',
> 'apprehends'.
>
> It does not say "Have faith" . Vedantic truths arenot meant for either
> blind
>  acceptance or blind faith. Faith is bornout of realization of the
>  truth. The sequence is " Trust the wordsof Sruti/Acarya, see/verify the
>  vastu which the Sruti/Acarya points out, and asa result of this faith
>  dawns".
>
>  Divinity andIshwarthvam  are already there for us to claim as our
> birthright.
>
>
>
>  Mere attending the discourses of theteachers is not going to
> help  a mumukshu. He has to see the factwithin himself and the teacher
> should help the mumukshu to cognize the teaching within himself. The
>  teaching should never remain as dead words,it should be a living
> fact.Mere faith makes one to cling to dead words. It will make one a
>  mantravit but not an Atmavit which isthe goal of every sincere
> mumukshu.
> The above understanding of mine is dueto the grace of my
> revered Guru .
>
>
>
> With respectful namaskars,
>
> Sreenivasa Murthy
>
>
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