WHO IS IGNORANT & WISE ?
SWAMI SIVANANDA |
my wife ... He is my son ... I am a brahmana ... I am fat ... I am
black .I am a pandit", is an ignorant man. He is bound.
He who thinks, "I am not the body: I am all-pervading,
changeless, immortal, indivisible, self-contained, self-existent,
satchidananda Brahman", is a wise sage. He is free.
He who thinks, "I did this work, so I will go to heaven; I enjoyed
such and such a thing", is an ignorant man
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He who thinks, "Prakrti (nature) does everything ... I am only
witness .... I am non-doer ... I am non-enjoyer" - is a wise sage.
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WHAT IS MAYA(ILLUSION) ?
?Maya (illusion) is the upadhi (limiting adjunct) of Isvara (God).
She is the illusory power of Brahman. She keeps the lila
(creative play) of Isvara (God through her three gunas
(qualities), viz., satva (purity), rajas (passion) and tamas
(darkness). Maya is not non-existent because it appears,
neither is it existent because it is destroyed by the dawn of
knowledge. Maya is `not That'. It is an indescribable
appearance.
Maya is neither sat (real) nor asat (unreal) nor sat-asat(real-
unreal) Maya is anadi santam (beginningless) but has an end
only for the sage who has realised the self. Maya is suddha
satva or pure satva.
He who gets knowledge of the Self having overcome maya or
the illusory power, will alone know what maya is, how it arises
and is destroyed.
Maya is of the nature of mind. Maya generates different
degrees of illusion. Maya pervades everywhere. If your mind
is destroyed by discrimination and vicara (enquiry into the
self), then maya will not afflict you.
This mind which ever hankers after sensual objects is the
seed of maya. If the mind is annihilated maya will vanish.
You will attain the state of quiescence. Brahma jnana
(knowledge of the Absolute) will dawn in you.
PLEASE READ POSTINGS 'WHAT IS MIND' ?
'CLUTCHES OF MAYA'
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WHAT IS TRUE RENUNCIATION ?
Someone asked Guru Nanak, "O saint, why have you not
shaved your head? You are a sanyasin." Guru Nanak replied:
"My dear friend, I have shaved my mind." In fact, the mind
should be cleanly shaved. Shaving the mind consists of
getting rid of all attachments, egoism, infatuation, lust, greed
and anger. That is real shaving. External shaving of the head
has no meaning so long as there is internal craving.
Many have not understood what true renunciation is.
Renunciation of physical objects is no renunciation at all.
True renunciation lies in the abnegation of the mind. It consistsof renouncing all desires and egoism, and not world-existence.
The real renunciation is the renunciation of the ego. If you can
renounce this, you have renounced everything in the world. If
the subtle egoism is given up, identification with the body goes away automatically.
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