[Advaita-l] Who Is The Seer?

[sreenivasa murthy]

Dear friends,Who is the SEER?Let us see what Upanishads and Sri has to say:Quote :
WHO  IS  THE  SEER ?according to upanishads and Sri Shankara ?

 Normally every one is underthe notion that he/she as an individual , 


as an entity, as a human being , isthe seer. Is this notion  correct?  


It is  very essential  for a mumukshu.toexamine this . 


The question boils down to this : 


Is  the person/entity theseer or Brahman /Atman  the seer?

 Let us see what the Upanishads aresaying :

[a-1] nAnyadatO^sti draShTRu  nanyadatO^sti  SeOtRu  nAnyadatO^sti mantRu  


        nAnyadatO^sti  vij~JatRu  || Bru.Upa. 3-8-11

 There is no other seerbut This, there is no other hearer but This,

 there is no other thinker butThis, there is no other knower but This. 

 [a-2] nAnyO^tO^sti draShTA  nAnyO^tO^sti      SrOtA nAnyO^tO^sti      


mantA    nAnyO^tO^sti  vij~JatA   Esha  ta  AtmA antaryAmI  amRutaH  || Bru. Upa. 3-7-23

 Thereis no other seer than He, there is no other hearer than He, 


there is noother thinker than He, there is no other knower than He. 


He is yourSelf, the Inner Controller, the Immortal. 

Let us see what Sri Shankara says:

(1) athavA jAgratsvapnayOH sarvaBUtAvasthaH 


sarvavastudRuugABAsaH turIya Eva itisarvadRuksadA | nAnyadato^stidraShTRu (Bruhadaranyaka 3-8-11)ityAdi SrutEH || Mandukyakarike 1-12
(2) na ca parAt AtmanO^nyO^sti draShTA
"nAnyadatO^sti  draShTru"

 ""nAnyadatO^sti  SrOtRu "" (Bru. Upa. 3-8-1) ityavOcAma ||Bru.1-4-7  BB.127



 Unquote.



A genuine and sinceremumukshu  , in order to realize his TRUE NATURE , 


has to inqire/investigate within himself by himself  who the SEER is . 


The inquiry culminates inrealizing/cognizing  his TRUE  NATURE. 


My Revered Guru   showed  mehow Upanishads  and Sri Shankara's commentaries there on  


are to beutilized  for ATMAJNANA, which is HERE  and  NOW.
With respectful namaskars,Sreenivasa Murthy