Atma Bodha Tamil Pdf To Word. Lalita Trishati Stotram. Though the God Vishnu, Shiva and Brhama (called the Trimuthi) are the most important Gods in. 1 ATMA BODHA (A Treatise on the knowledge of Atma) by SRI ADI SANKARACHARYA Text in Roman Script with English translation and Commentary by A.S.DEEKSHITULU. Becom e p u re t h ro u g h austerities, peacefu l by dispositio n, free from cravings, and desirous of liberation. Without Knowledge there is no liberation. Compared to all other practices, Knowledge of the Self alone is the one direct means for liberation, just as fire is the direct cause for cooking. Action cannot destroy ignorance, for it is not opposed to igno ra n ce. Kn owledge (on t h e other ha n d) v erily dest roys ignorance, like light destroys deep darkness. Th e Se lf appears to be fin ite beca u se of ignorance. Wh e n ignorance is destroyed, the one Self truly shines by itself, like the sun when the clouds have gone. Constant practice of knowledge purifies the individual sullied by ignorance. Knowledge then relegates itself like the Kataka-nut powder (that removes itself) after cleansing muddy water. The world, filled with likes and dislikes, is like a dream. It appears to be real within its own realm, but is falsified when one awaken s t o reality. The universe appears to be real as long as Brahman, substratum of all creation, is not known. This appearance is similar to silver appearing on the shell. Like bubbles in the water, the worlds rise, exist and dissolve in the Supreme Self, which is the material cause and the support of everything. All differing entities are projected on the substratum, just as different ornaments appearing on gold. The eternal and all- pervading substratum is existent and conscious by nature. Like space, the all pervading Lord associates with various conditions (Upadhis). Their differening conditions appears as if belonging to the Self, but when they disappear it is just one. By It s association with different con ditio n s ( U padhis) attr ibu tes such as status and stages in life are super-imposed on the Self in the same way as water becomes flavoured, or.coloured, by things added to it. The physical body, made up of the (five) compounded elements. Constitute the subtle body and are instrumental in gathering (different kin ds of ) ex periences. Igno ra n ce h as no beginni n g, def ies categoriz ation, a n d is spoke n of as the causal body. Know for certain, that the Self is different from these three conditions (physical, subtle, and casual bodies). A colourless crystal acquires a bluish tinge in association with objects like blue cloth. In the same way, the pure Self, Identified with the five coverings, appears as non different from them.
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