Is Enlightenment Personal?

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H.N.Sreenivasa Murthy

 

Pranams to you all.

 

Who is the person to be enlightened? The person appearing in the waking

state, the person appearing in the dream state ? Where is the person of the

waking when dream state is happening? Has he disappeared completely or is he

hiding somewhere? From where did the person in the dream state appear and when

the waking state happens where does he go?

Sri Gaudapada states:

AdAvantE ca yannAsti vartamAnEspi tattathA |

vitathaiH sadruSAh santOsvitathA iva lakShitAH || vaitathya

2-6

That which is non-existent at the beginning and in the end, is

necessarily so (non-existent) in the middle. The objects are like the illusions

we see, still they are regarded as if real.

All metaphysical questions are to be answered from the standpoint

of the Totality viz. Tri-Basic View of Life and not from the partial view of

life. Let us remember what Sri Shankara has stated in the Sutra 2-1-11.

 

Let the enlightenment dawn within us FIRST and AFTERWARDS ONLY

we can see for ourselves whether the Enlightenment is personal or not. May The

Divine Reality lead us to the Real.

 

With warm and respectful regards,

Sreenivasa Murthy

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

praNAm Bhaskar-ji,

 

Thanks for your reply. However, unfortunately it does not answer my

quest to understand concept of akhanDa vs. upAdikrita aatma svarUpa

as expounded within Advaita.

 

Long ago I had a question regarding the same issue and still waiting

to get answers from knowledgeble members. Please see whether you can

address it ;

 

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