[Advaita-l] Atmajnana

[sreenivasa murthy]

Dear friends, There is a misconcetion prevailing in the minds of the students 
of Vedata as well as the mumukshus that Atmajnana 
is a very difficult proposition. 
This misconception is completely unfounded. 
A sincere mumukshu if he studies mantra 2-4 of kena Upanishad & 
matra 2-1-4 of Kathopanishad and the commentary of Sri Shankara 
to these mantras at the feet of a Guru who knows / realized what he is teaching the mumukshu will become a kRutakRutya. 
The only essential qualification that the mumukshu should possess 
is that he must and should have the capacity to direct his attention 
to that vastu in the direction as pointed by The Guru as well as 
the hunger to realize the Truth. 
Scholarship and much study is not at all required for this. 
Because The Guru will be referring to the day to day common 
experiences of all beings and using those experiences as tools 
The Guru will help the mumukshu to cognize the Atman which 
is nothing but his true nature which is 
Changeless,non-conceptual and non-perceptual. 
The technical word for this is "AtmasaMsthaM manaH kRutvA " 
or "AvRuttacakShuH". 
This is what my Revered Guru revealed to me.

With respectful namaskars,Sreenivasa Murthy