Vivekachoodaamani

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237. Therefore the supreme soul is alone real – one without a second,

pure consciousness, without any blemish, quiet, beginning less,

endless, beyond all actions, always blissfulness itself.

 

239. Beyond these three – knower, known and knowledge – endless where

there is no change at all, one consciousness, exists the supreme. The

sages alone know such atman.

 

241. These two – "thou" and "that" – become one when the "thou" has

been purified according to the dictates of the scriptures.

 

243. Though they (thou and that) are of different natures yet in

their proper essence they are equal. What differences you see is only

in upaadhi or qualification. The upaadhi of God is maya which is the

cause of mahat and its works; and the upaadhi of the jiva is the five

sheaths and their works.

 

244. Both are one substance. This substance plus maya and mahat is

God and the same substance plus the five sheaths is the jiva. Take

away the upaadhis of both and what is left is the same thing.

 

245. But the supreme soul is free from all upaadhis. Therefore by the

method of the shruti one should do away with upaadhis.