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foreign [Music] oh yeah om Shri Ganesha yeah foreign [Music] [Music] foreign foreign foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] of course we discussed in our discussion group discussion and that clarification but I have not shared this with the we hear online group have not heard that we discussed of course swastaha swantary there the important Concepts be noted are first is swastaha these two points are there the example makes it more clear what does the example say a lamb placed in a pot remember it's not a lamp covered by a pot when you cover a lamp with the pot the lamb goes away because of oxygen depletion but it is actually a lamp placed in a pot so when a lamp is placed in the pot first that power of its effulgence is known only to it swastaha it it remains in itself that light is within itself in its true full complete Glory so the Ananda of the self which I am that self Ananda is I am that alone is aware of that Ananda that is first point second Point what happens that land which is placed in the pot is effulgence is slightly to a to an extent it's also there on the walls of the pot and that which is there on the walls of the part is not seen to anybody nobody outside can see that because it is in the part the same way that Ananda of that sachidananda who is that nyani who is that Noah Brahman that brahmabit that Mahatma that jivan mukta that Ananda gets splashed around in the mind and intellect of the Mahatma and that Ananda cannot be understood what it is by anyone outside nobody nobody can understand and that is the unique Bliss of a jivad Gupta there's a second point from the example third Point what is happening yes no one can see the full Radiance of that lamp no one can see also the the light splashed around on the walls of the part but even from distance you can see a slight Shimmer above the lamp a little and that is what we who are around at Mahatma and experience that Mahatma is so joyous not just Joyce infectiously joyous you go to that Mahatma then goes away so yeah in the presence of Mahatma you feel so much peace all the agitations yes acquaintance and suddenly you feel that you know you feel suddenly you have a greater purpose for living you feel a transformation that is a slight slim Shimmer and the glimmer what you can find from far away around on the bottom so this way we got us a very very deep words the example recommunicative from verse number we we had verse number 53 we had the explanation of what is the upadhis are over just with the ultimate now this is from our standpoint he is already the ultimate what is merging with the ultimate from our standpoint because we see the walls of the room and then we think that there is we experience a part space when the wall ceases as example given here like the bubble merging in the in the ocean of water or the wave merging in the ocean of water like how the pot space merges with the total space even when the wave was there in the water it is water only you are calling it wave it is water only you are calling it as bubble you are calling is form you are calling as breaker you are calling this and that but breaker means large way okay so you are calling this this that is your perception from the perception of H2O H2O doesn't say it is wave bubble and on it says it's me only you are dividing one version into various things so there is one standpoint of the perceiver there's another standpoint of the nyani this jivan mukti with are all perceptions from outside not the actual fact experienced of the nyani and Yani will not say I am a jivan mukta you will say you would say or mahatma's I just cannot keep on telling everybody's names mirabai muktas okay they have become bhakti that's all many many jivan mukhtas not only in this land where this wisdom can go their jivan mukti can come where is knowledge is present jivan mukti can be there well that's not our discussion now on that point or a spark a fire merging into the blazing fire you are calling it a spark because it's your perception but it is fire only that way and then from verse number 54 that's where we are now we have a have a presentation of that Supreme reality ending with the refrain not all of them but most of them ending with the refrainment this is shankaracharya after completing the essential message of the essential text and the thought flow of the atmos gives us verses so that we can Revel these are not verses for discoursing upon actually these are verses for reveling take those verses fill your heart and travel
foreign but it is not I know something here it is knowledge per se it is consciousness per se per se means it is consciousness alone it is not knowing something which is finite knowledge it is knowledge itself it is consciousness itself having seen which there's nothing further to see why there's nothing further to see having seen Brahman everything is Brahman yet having become which having become which being that Brahman there is no there's no rebirth and having known which there is nothing further to be known because that thing what you what you think is something other is also that final truth alone up down here there everywhere these words are known how does this operation means negation
foreign like a distant Moon you can point with your finger and show to the person hey look at the Moon neither you or Moon nor the nor the finger not the hand that points not the finger that shows none of them are the moon in the same way the guru who's explaining to you and the shastra which is the finger and finally the vakyas which says these are only part of the process to show you there don't get stuck up with any one of them don't get stuck up Devotion to the guru yes and deep commitment to the upanishad all these things are fine but finally you have to go beyond all of them why because none of them are that Moon final what is that these words are known I am not translating
foreign Bliss which is not explicable explicable which cannot be described right so you have the next verses next verse is there so we'll read one two three four why up to up to up to 61 let us read together [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign uh it is [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] body [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign the number 58 right wow starting from Brahma starting from Brahma means what we are not talking about Brahman starting from Brahma when we say Brahma refers to the creator the Supreme reality Brahman which is the final upada the cause for the entire world which appears as the world right so that the puranas describe the puranas explain of creation and when they explain of creation the posit Brahma as a creator then see that is Brahma his creates now the created World also that's governed by Cosmic forces represented and so forth and then they all have their own lokas so Brahma said to be in brahmaloka so you have a brahmand brahmanda is made up of 14 lokasutala did I mention it anytime this is the world of the devtas that satyam is brahmaloka okay so this is called as one Cosmos like that there are infinite cosmosis that is how the purana is presented now now this infinite cosmosis whatever is there is all what these are um so each brahmanda is supposed to be one bubble in that Brahman sachidananda okay now now these creatures these creatures means these jivas starting from the highest to most powerful most capable highly knowledgeable Brahma and the various deities which all govern the cosmic forces hair water Earth Forest Sun Moon Cosmic forces now these deities which govern them now they're very very powerful then you come to other beings also gandharwa are there the Heavenly musicians then pitrus are there they are people who have who have given up this body and live in a different loka etc etc so many beings they speak of all these creatures not just these beings all the animals and birds they also have happiness to some way or the other human beings also have happiness in human beings also there is different different varieties of happiness and different different varieties of Happiness some different different people can have some people do not have all that happiness this person does not have that happiness etc etc difference and then there are also people who have got happiness as the way of life and there are those people for them they have subtle subtle happiness which others can't even experience because they are so finely tuned this person listening to music I can't sing okay hmm you look as good yeah this person you're so tuned to that that rather that Allah they get some Joy you can understand the other person goes and looks some you know you feel some there's some mess of colors there I pray and this person goes and stands there lost for hours and you think I can also do that you take your pressure you do it no it doesn't come like that different different varieties of Art which is very Rembrandt very very different art then you have Picasso when you look at Picasso you wonder what is this mess why not it's not nice so then you have an heart which is which is a you know a ship in the ocean sounded with you know waves what now these are people who are finally tuned to experience subtle Pleasures which you and I may not experience subtle among human beings itself there are fellows who can only understand the pleasure of rasgulla that's all they will understand there are people who can make the rasgulla and give for so many people and enjoy everybody enjoy very very different kinds of pleasure that's not the point here what is said is that all the pleasures and the happiness which all beings all over the world not only this world starting from the highest World Brahma up to whatever you know beings in whatever World wherever they are these are all what this is all all these people become they all become happy and in that let us say in that happiness how much is expanded from that infinite happiness means unbroken infinite Ananda from that Ananda lava means what a wee bitter a v bit means what it is the minute minuscule particle of that Ananda you take a one drop and then cut it into a million particles and then million particle you take that bit and that bit also you cut and then whatever is there only that much all these creatures in all the worlds are enjoying return on the East is Atmos what we are experiencing through Priya more the pramoda are distant Echoes of that a faint race a star has exploded somewhere a supernova has happened and then here on the earth we observe we observe what a faint noise a faint light a faint x-ray that's all supernovas are high speed once they explode you have a high speed discharge of particles but traveling through the distance of of light years when they reach here you can't even see with your eyes is observed through some instruments like that the Ananda that we receive in our mind is like that don't get cheated by this go to the source that is the self that's why it's called brahmananda infinite Bliss infinite Bliss infinite Bliss Ananda which is not comparable to anything one Ananda that is where we need to go don't get lost in Priya Moda pramoda and get cheated no don't when you experience that Ananda you should tell yourself hey this is only a wee bit the highest thing is waiting there am I going to get lost here or am I going to find the truth go deeper there is a joy you get by refining the Mind intellect there is a absolute Bliss you get transcending the mind and intellect
[Music] [Music] an inquiry into happiness operation very beautiful lines on the person who is very very healthy and who's a person of great Dharma and at the same time he is a person who endowed with all Prosperity let us say such and he's young also in his age and such a person now let us say the best possible human being in every way Body Mind and Spirit everything his happiness is one let us say from that multiply that with hundreds of other nature of beings then afterwards whether that person shows that Ananda is also there with that shots like that it keeps on then then afterwards then afterwards Karma Deva afterwards Deva afterwards Indra afterwards afterwards prajapati afterwards Brahma because that keeps on hundred hundred hundred hundred hundred hundred multiplied multiply and finally it will say even that is only one V bit of the Ananda which is experienced by that brahmagyani later on you can study was to I should not explain huh these are not verses for exploitation was to um everything is imbued with that everything has got that presence of consciousness all objects all beings all activities of yours taken up with the body senses and mind small or big good or bad as God in the background that Consciousness enabling it therefore therefore Brahma is all pervasive Brahma is all pervasive because why all objects are imbued that is one and all activities are also there there's no activity possible without the presence of that consciousness There's No Object possible without that consciousness since all objects are permitted by Consciousness since all actions are kissed by that consciousness backed by that consciousness Brahma is all pervades here but I can't see that hey Siri just as so there is that that that what you call butter or you know ghee ghee sire Shira means milk like how that is there actually if you that is what makes it nourishing rich and full complete you take it off it loses its its nature its presence everything is lost that is there what is that and how is this it is not small it is not big it is not short it is not tall nothing has no changes has no decayam which has no form which has no property and which has no name no name how we are telling so from the beginning you are being calling it as Atman then Brahman and sachidananda now you are telling it has no name these are names we have given Brahman had no mother and father who gave their name for it we can give names to understand that's all you ask Brahman what's your name no yes that is because of whose effulgence the Sun and all everything shine and because and who cannot be revealed by all these Sun Moon Etc because of which all shines
foreign are you telling that Sun Shines because of Brahman I know that sun shines because of nuclear Fusion correct not nuclear fission nuclear fission nuclear fusion gets enormous energy out Sun Shines because of nuclear fusion that's what we are studying and you are saying Sunshine because of Brahman hey guys what are you talking now let me tell you something interesting is this shining by itself this light how it is shining now I am asking something more subtle that everybody knows his signs I'm asking something subtle does this Shine by itself how why ah you need ice you need ice you need eyes if eyes are not there even if it shines bright than the star you can see in other words vedantically we say we say this shines because of ice vedantically it's very different it's a very different way of thinking this shines only when I see and if there are no eyes this cannot shine okay next point do ice Shine by themselves try to say eyes are there but my mind is somewhere will I see you no eyes shine because of mind it's very different thinking does mind Shine by itself no unless there's reflected Consciousness mind cannot function and unless there is pure consciousness there is no reflected consciousness therefore the sun shines because of this Consciousness finally when that Consciousness shines The Sun Shines when that Consciousness shines the moon shines when the Consciousness shines the stars shine when that Consciousness shines lightning shines when that Consciousness shines the fire shines by that Consciousness everything shines therefore sun shines yes Shan Sun may be functioning because of Fusion and the day the fuel hydrogen helium all of them end there the sun is gone yes the sun is functioning because of fusion ink but the sun shines the sun is experienced because of consciousness you're thinking it's okay one more point between please note the sun cannot be there if it is not existent existence is Brahman existence is Brahma so the sun is because of existence The Sun Shines because of existence if it is not there how can it shine the eastness and even when you say it shines it is shining that is Brahman and yes all of them are shining because of that Consciousness because of that sachidananda sachita Ananda yes nevertheless cannot be illumined by that Sun or the moon or whatever it is it cannot be illumined because it is not a physical object to be illumined by the Rays of the Sun by light rays it's not a physical object a physical object can be illumined by light rays but this is not physical it is not even subtle it is not even causal it is only self-illument know this to be Brahman so in these verses starting from which was starting from 40 54 up to 61 you have a song on Brahman that's all right now text was over long back shankaracharya you continued and then you had a song on Brahman now what are you going to now what is this is that whereas the verse 16. now now that the text here is going to conclude he gives he presents summary statements and conclusions see how the the whole philosophical exercise of expounding the vedantic thought and all its Concepts he completed with with a hamukti and then he started reveling in that Supreme reality up to 61. and then now from this whole Atma bodha what are the essential teachings you will take what are the takeaways what is the final conclusion concluding statements or what you would say summary statements and conclusion now you have from verse 62 to 67.
foreign [Music] [Music] example is fire is what is heated extremely heated what ah yes sir i n I is iron ball in other words an iron ball put in Fire made hot red hot okay what is that now what is there now he says next one Brahma prakashade Brahma shines Brahma shines in this whole world Brahman shines in this whole world Brahman shines like how Illuminating this whole world in and through the whole world inside outside every object inside outside everything is what is pervaded by that Brahman like what like a red hot iron balls that fire is imbued in it fully in nantra everywhere inside also little outside also everywhere in that iron ball should everywhere in the iron ball inside the core little outside you come then also the whole ball is filled with fire in and through and it is shining like that meaning when you look at that that fire the brightness is what you see in the same way you see the whole world Brahman shines
foreign and now my worry is tomorrow day after tomorrow cam gets over then I have to go back home and then I have to admit all these kind of fellows what to tell them swamiji Brahma prakash ity that existence shines it shines the ignorant person's attention is on name and form the wise persons the nyani's attention is on the truth a person who loves harnaments attention is on of course gold fine but the attention is on the design the gold speech attention is on the goal we have our text in Tamil called through mantiram through all our regional language text also please no you see now if you are let us say you you are coming let us say from the north you take kabirdas and you know you take Tulsi ramayana you look at it now if you're coming from Andhra take vehmanas and then see meaning you just see you you if you're coming from Gujarat take Nursery every saint every literature is pervaded with advaita vedanta you may say somebody every literature is not perfect but bhakti to what he made truth each it's all pervasive this vedantic wisdom in the whole tradition in the whole culture so I was studying thiru mandiram it's a Tamil text written by a great Saint by name thiru Muller we don't know when he wrote it how long before he uh it should be very very very very old he says one beautiful verse means Adi truth that is how it is keep that with you go to the example a carpenter not just a carpenter is an artist walking with wood he has created a huge elephant hugely and the Elephant with its task and then it's trunk and then its years and its forehead looking very very violent this artist Carpenter he brings a small child small film how do you look at oh subscribe and for the small fellow Marathi the wood maram Ada yane the violent elephant has hidden the wood but for the father in the in the in that in that wood the elephant has disappeared Buddha param the highest Supreme truth param that is hidden by all these material elements for all of us like that child in other words name and form objects they hide our vision of Truth but for the nyani in that Supreme the entire world is desired where your vision is that you see our perception is based on our vision if you see names and forms that's because your vision is there your perception will be there and if you see the Ultimate Reality then you go beyond names and forms you go beyond all kinds of differences which are naturally there and which are also man-made which are naturally there man woman is naturally there childhood when naturally there one person looks yellow another person looks British another person looks black another person looks white is naturally there where the world is without fear where knowledge is free etc etc where the world is not broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls into that heaven of Freedom father let my country awake the kingdom of God is within you another side from some other place all Sans sahitya all literature of saints is filled with the wisdom of vedanta you may not see it that's your problem and you may have a religion which totally says Heaven is somewhere else even though that Saint told the Kingdom of Heaven is within you that's your mistake not his mistake the greatest wisdom I'm just giving you some example in the Old Testament okay the Old Testament there is one line where God describes himself okay and God describes it I am that I am God is asked to describe God tell me who you are then God says I am that I am I am that and what is that I am I am this is vedanta but you ask that organized religion what is this no idea about it in fact to understand the core of every religion to understand the truth of every philosophical thought of the highest nature the only case that is how it is why know thyself or know the whole world the solution to the problems of the world lies only in advance does not solve the problem puts an end to the problem so that problem can never arise once more that's the power of advaitha soyama Brahma prakashita Brahman is only shining ah oh samaji I don't see Brahman Brahman only is there it's your mistake you are seeing something else the child is seeing only the elephant the man of wisdom the man of wisdom also sees the elephant it's not that he doesn't see the elephant but for him that it is wood over shines it's not that the Mahatma does not see the world of objects the Mahatma sees the world but the truth overshines right continuing the same thought you have a few more verses but we'll take it up in the next session the next session is the last session okay and before the session all of you should rest 15 20 30 minutes and come I am seeing that in the afternoon session there is tiredness in the eyes I'm not saying you're sleeping no you are not sleeping you are alert I know that but there's no freshness sometimes that's because you are doing photography sessions or doing whatever I don't know what you're doing time is given for swadhyaya and time is given for rest also please note the schedule should be should be followed till the last day you are here of course schedule is you know today the classes complete therefore it has to be followed you are coming sacrificing many things remember that none of you are lazy fellows none of you are people who have escaped from World none of you are people who are worthless and useless you're all some of the most brilliant gangsters of the country here and you have taken time to be here you have to understand that you have to spend it rightly fully because we have to understand we are neither bright nor unbrite we are the true brightness okay [Applause] I'm saying this so that you should rest half an hour and come all right ensure that you have your rest oh [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music]