Vivekachoodaamani

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246. The shruti says "not this, not this" because the upaadhis are

attributes and therefore not real. As you see the snake in a rope and

as you see things in dream – both unreal – therefore practice "not

this, not this".

 

247. The upaadhis are not real and so by wise meditations – doing

away with the upaadhis – should be known that things which is common

to both.

 

248. When we say : "this man is that same Devadatta whom I have

previously met", we establish a person's identity by disregarding

those attributes superimposed upon him by the circumstances of our

former meeting. In just the same way, when we consider the scriptural

teaching "that art thou" we must disregard those attributes which

have been superimposed upon "that" and "thou".

 

266. In the cave of the heart, separate from the manifested and the

unmanifested, the truth exists – Brahman. He who knows Brahman within

his own soul and abides in him, for him there's no entering the body

again.