[Advaita-l] Mantra from Kathopanishad

[Shrinivas Gadkari]

Namaste,

When likes of Vishnu and Shiva are engaged in sAdhanA that spans yuga-s to understand
and perfect atma jnAna - may be, things are slightly more complex than what is written below.

Regards,
Shrinivas

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Dear friends,Mantra 1-2-12  of  Kathopanishad   teaches 
 the  methodology  for  cognizing  one's  true 
 nature  within  oneself  by  oneself.It  states :adhyAtmayOgAdhigamEna  dEvaM    matvA  dhIrO  harShaSOkau  jahAti || 

What  is  adhyAtmayOga?Sri  Shakara  in his  commentary  to  
the  above  mantra  writes:cEtasa   Atmani   samAdhAnam   adhyAtmayOgaH ||
That  is  all  a  student  of  Vedanta  who 
 wants  to  be  an  Atmavit  has  to  do.Nothing  more,  nothing  less.

This  is  the  same  as  AtmasaMsthaM  manaH  kRutvA 
 as  taught  in  Bhagavadgita.
With  respectful  namaskars,Sreenivasa  Murthy