Vivekachoodaamani

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212. The pupil said : I do not understand. You ask me to do away with

all these five sheaths and when I do that, I see nothing but the

viodness of all. Therefore tell me what is to be known there.

 

213. The master said : O learned one you have told the truth. You are

quick to understand things. That is the atman because, "I" and

everything else are only the transformation and want of that chance

is the atman.

 

214. By whom everything is understood but who is understood by none,

that is the atman, the knower of all, known only by very keen

understanding – pure intellect.

 

215. You have become the witness of that which you see. When there is

nothing to be seen, the concept of a witness becomes irrelevant.

 

216. But of one who can never be comprehended – who can be the

witness of that? Therefore the atman is the witness of himself

because he knows himself.

 

217. Therefore this atman which you have understood is that void –

not separate from it. In jaagrat, svapana and in sushupti, he

manifests in these three states in the form of consciousness and

never forgets that he is uniform. And he remains the witness of all

transformations, ever blissful, ever intelligent. Know him in your

own heart.