Acharya Sankara's Viveka Chudamani(Crest Jewel of Wisdom)
Signs of a Realised Seer(426-445)
Ø On account of constant absorption in Brahman, freed from the sense of reality of external objecs, only seemingly enjoying them when offered by others,like one sleepy or like a baby, pereiving the wrld as one seen in a dream and recognising it only now and then, such a man is indeed rare. He is the enjoyer of the fruits of untold merit and is truly held blessed and revered on earth(426)
Ø That man of steady wisdom,having merged himself in Brahman enjoys everlasting Bliss,without modification or activity(427)
Ø The sort of mental activity which admits only the identity of the Self and Brahman,free from all limitations and devoid of duality, which is only concerned with pure Kknowledge, is called the illumination. One who has this steady illumination is known as a man of steady wisdom(428)
Ø He who has steady wisdom, who experiences endless Bliss, who has forgotten the phenomenal world ,he is considered a jeevan-mukta(429)
Ø He who has merged hmself in Brahman,yet alert,but wihout the charcteristics of wakefulness, whose Knowedge s free from desire, he is considered a jeevan-mukta(430)
Ø He whose cncern about the world has been stilled wh,o has a body cnsisting of parts yet he is without parts, whose mind is from anxiety, he is considered a jeevan-mukta(431)
Ø The absence of the “I” and”mine” concepts even in this body which persists like a shadow—this is an indication of a jeevan-mukta(432)
Ø No thought of enjoyment of the past, no thought for the future and indifference for the present-- this is an indication of a jeevan-mukta(433)
Ø Looking every where with an equal eye on this world riddled wth elements posessing merit nd demerit, characteristically different one from the other-- this is the indication of a jeevan-mukta(434)
Ø When confrnted w ith thngs pleasing or painful, to be unpurturbrd in both cases, by maintaining an equal attitude-- this is the indication of a jeevan-mukta(435)
Ø Constantly engaged in tasting the Bliss of Brahman, a Sanyasin entertains no disinctions of within and without-- this is the indication of a jeevan-mukta(436)
Ø Having no idea of “I” and”mine with regard to the body, sense-organs etc. nor to duties,living with an attitude of indifference--- this is the indication of a jeevan-mukta(437)
Ø Deep-rooted Knowledge that the Self is Brhman, affirmed by the scriptures, and free from the bondage of tansmigration-- this is the indication of a jeevan-mukta(438)
Ø H who has no ego with regard to body,sense-organs etc., nor the concept of “this” with regard to other things, he is considered a jeevan-mukta(439)
Ø Through Knowledg, he who never distinguishes between the jeeva and Brahman and between the uninverse and Braman,is inicated as jeevan-mukta(440)
Ø He who feels the same when his body is worshipped by the virtuous or tortured by the wicked, he is considered a jeevan-mukta(441)
Ø The Sanyasin to whom the sense-objects chanelled by others are received like flowing rivers into the ocean, producing no change because of his absorption in Existence Absolute, is truly liberated(442)
Ø For him who has realised the Essence of Brahman, there is no reaching out for sense- objects . If there is then he has not realised Brahman. His senses still have outgoing tendency(443)
Ø If it is asserted that still there is attachment for sense-objects because of the moentum of past vasanas,the reply is “NO”. For the vasanas get weakened when there is realisatin of oneness with Brhaman.(444)
Ø The propensties of even downight rake ae checked in the presence of his mother. So too, there are no more any worldly propensities in one who has realised the Knowledge of Brahman, the Bliss solute(445)
Vedprakash
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