[Advaita-l] SADYOMUKTI by Realizing one's True Svarupa

[sreenivasa murthy]

Dear  friends,HOW  TO  REALIZE  ONE’S  TRUE  SVARUPA?
 
         UrdhvamUlO^vAk SAKa 
                  EshO^SvatthaH sanAtanaH |
         tadEva SukraM tadbrahma
                  tadEvAmRutamucyatE |
         tasmillOkAH SritAH sarvE
                  tadu nAtyEti kaScana | Etadvai tat || Katha ; 2-3-1
 
    This is That eternal aSvattha Tree with its root above and branches below. That root, indeed, is called the Bright; that is Brahman, and that alone is the Immortal. In that all worlds are contained, and none can pass beyond. This, verily, is That.
 
Where  is  that  Brahman  and  what  is  that  Brahman?
               sarvagM hyEtadbrahma
              ayamAtmA brahma || Mandukya : Mantra 2
 
What  is  Atma?
         Sri   Sankara says: AtmA hi nAma svarUpam ||
 
Hence  Atman / Brahman  is  HERE  and  NOW.
 
Now  the  question  arises:  How  can  I  know 
 Brahman  or  my  true s varUpa? 
Sri  Shankara  writes : kathaM tu tadbrahma samyagviditaM Bavati? ItyEvamarthamAha –
               pratibOdhaviditaM mata-
                        MamRutatvaM hi vindatE |
              AtmanA vindatE vIryaM
                        vidyayA vindatE^mRutam || Kena:2-4
Sri  Shankara’s  commentary  on  the  above  mantra  has 
to  be  studied  at  the  feet  of  a  Guru 
who  knows  what  he  is  teaching. 
Awareness  is  your  true  nature,  your  core. 
You  are  the  light  of  awareness  illuminating  all  that  is, 
including  the  thoughts  parading .YOU  ARE  AWARE  BEFORE  A  THOUGHT  APPEARS. 
YOU  ARE  AWARE  WHEN  A  THOUGHT  PASSES  BY. 
YOU  ARE  AWARE  WHEN  A  THOUGHT  DISAPPEARS. 

        Thoughts  come  and  go,  but  you  remain.
 You  are  the  inextinguishable  flame  of  awareness
                                  in  which
                                all  is  revealed. 
 
Dear  Sincere  mumukshus,   in  the  above  compilation  of mantras  from Upanishads  and  commentaries  of  Sri Sankara , 
 the  right  royal,  simple  and  direct  way 
has  been  shown  by  Sruti  and  AcArya.If  anyone,  who  is  desirous  of  sadyOmukti, 
studies,  understands,  assimilates  and  cognizes 
the  fact  revealed  by this  mantra  within  himself  by 
himself,  his  purpose  of  taking  this  
precious  humanbirth   is  fulfilled.                              NOTHING  MORE  IS LEFT
                                             SuBamastu
 
With respectful namaskars,
Sreenivasa Murthy