Viveka Chudamani: End Superimpositions- the Means

vEnd Superimposition---the Means(277-292)

v Being ever    fixed on his  own Self, the meditator’s   mind   ends.  Then there   is  a  complete  cessation  of vasanas. So negate  entirely your   superimposition (277)

v  Tamas is   destroyed both by Rajas   and Sattwa; Rajas by Sattwa and Sattwa   is  destroyed  on “purification”.  Therefore,  solely  depending  upon  Sattwa, deny  entirely  your  superimposition.(278)  The  Vasanas  of every   individual  fall  under   the   three   categories  of  Tamas,  Rajas and Sattwa. When  the mind  becomes purer,  the Sattwa  vasanas   too   get   exhausted.

v  “ I  am  not  the jeeva, I  am the  supreme Brahman”… thus by  eliminating   all  that  is   not-Self,, deny  entirely your  superimpositions  which  manifest   through  the  propulsion  of  your  past “urges”(280)

v  Having   realised  your  own Self  to be the “Self-  in-  all” through  scriptures,  by  reasoning  and   from your  own  experience, deny  entirely  your   superimpositions,  even  when  a  slight trace  appears(281)

v  Till the identification    with   the  body is completely  rooted out,   with  vigilance  and   concentration, deny  entirely  all  your superimpositions(284)

v   O learned one, as   long   as  even  a dreamlike  perception of the  world of objects and  of experiencing  ego (jeeva), continuously  strive   to deny  entirely  all your superimpositions(285)

v  Without   giving  even the  slightest  chance   to  forget the Atman  because of  sleep(unawareness),matters   of the  world  or sense-objects, reflect   steadily  upon the Self  in  the  mind(286)

v  Merging the finite  ego  in  the Supreme  Self, like the pot-space  in  the infinite  space, by meditating  on  their  identity ,be for  ever  peaceful, O Sage(288)

v  Yourself  becoming the Self-luminous  Brahman,  the  sole  substratum of  all things, reject the macrocosm and  microcosom,  like two unclean  parcels(289)

v  Shifting   your  identification which  is  now fixed  in   the  body  to  the Atman  which is  Existence- Knowledge-Bliss  Absolute,  rejecting   the   subtle body, may  you  become, ever the  pure Self  alone(290)

v  Attaining  that  which  is  intrinsically one’s  Essence, which  is  Absolute Knowledge and  Bliss, Non-dual, which  is beyond  all forms  and  activities, one should cease identifying  with   the  false body ,like the actor  who  relinquishes his  dress and make-up(292)

Ved   Prakash