[Advaita-l] Brahmajnani / Atmajnani

[Venkatraghavan S]

Shankaracharya's choice of words is also quite deliberare
सर्वप्रत्ययसाक्षिभूतश्चेतयिता केवलो निर्गुणो, to remind one of the
svetAshvatara upaniShad mantra साक्षी चेता केवलो निर्गुणश्च.

Thanks
Venkatraghavan

On Thu, 7 Jun 2018, 08:01 V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 12:16 PM, sreenivasa murthy via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Dear friends,
> > Here is a very direct and easy Upanishad prakriya for one to be a
> > Brahmajnani :
> > Even though Brahman has been called by many names in Upanishads. it is
> > neither an object for vAk nor mental pratyaya.It is our own true
> Atmasvarpa
> > which is the WITNESS of both
> > vAk (speech) and pratyaya.
> > One Who cognizes the above within oneself by oneselfis Brahmajnani or
> > AtmajnAni.
> >
>
> Very nicely stated.
>
> अहं सर्वप्रत्ययसाक्षिभूतश्चेतयिता केवलो निर्गुणो    Ishavasya 6th mantra
> bhashyam
>
> स आत्मा सर्वबोधान्प्रतिबुध्यते सर्वप्रत्ययदर्शी चिच्छक्तिस्वरूपमात्रः
> प्रत्ययैरेव प्रत्ययेष्वविशिष्टतया लक्ष्यते ; नान्यद्द्वारमन्तरात्मनो
> विज्ञानाय ।    Kenopanishad 2.4  bhashya. He says: There is no other way to
> realize the Self than to know it to be the witness of all thoughts.
>
> regards
> vs
>
> > With respectful namaskars,Sreenivasa Murthy
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