realising Brahman

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Q.199) Is it not correct to say that we realize

Brahman when the ignorance disappears as told by

Sankara?

 

Ans.) Sankara told ‘Jnanadevatu Kaivalyam’, which

means that one can achieve the grace of the Lord

through the divine knowledge. Ignorance regarding the

real form of the goal (Brahman), the path and the

individual soul should be removed by the real

knowledge of these three items. People think that if

the ignorance is removed the world and the body

disappear and the soul remains, which is Brahman. This

is not correct angle of understanding Sankara. The

world is created through ignorance of Brahman. But

Brahman is aware of itself through out the ignorance.

Such ignorance is only an apparent artificial cover of

Brahman used for its entertainment. The world is the

imagination of Brahman, which is completely in the

awareness. It is the daydream of a person imagining in

the awakened state for entertainment. It is not the

night dream that comes in the sleep. In such dream the

dreamer is controlled by the dream. But Brahman

controls this creation dream. It is true that the

ignorance of Brahman is the essence of the creation.

But Brahman is not in the grip of the ignorance

whereas the ignorance is in the grip of Brahman. Veda

says that the wind and the Sun function due to the

fear of Brahman (Bheeshasmaat…….). This means that

during the period of creation also in which Sun and

wind exist, Brahman controls the creation. When you

are watching the T.V., you can enjoy only when you are

under the ignorance that a cinema in it is really

happening. If you look at the screen and the T.V.Box

and realize that the entire cinema is only just false

imagination, the entertainment disappears. While

watching the cinema you must not know the future

story. The ignorance of the future story can only

create anxiety and interest in the cinema that leads

to the real entertainment. The soul is not the Lord

since Veda says that the souls are controlled by the

Lord (Aatmeswaram…….). When the ignorance of the soul

disappears, the daydream of the human being disappears

and not the world. It is contradicting the practical

experience. The human being caught in the grip of the

night dream reveals the real state of the individual

soul. When the Lord dissolves the world, this world

disappears but remains in the subtle state (Avyaktam).

When the cinema is stopped the scene on the screen

disappears, but the scene in the film remains the

same. The cinema can be again produced in the same way

if the film is protected. Veda says the same (Dhataa

Yatha Purvam…).

Veda says that you can get salvation only through

ignorance and you can attain God only through

knowledge (Avidyaya Mrityum Teerthva…..). The

salvation means the breakage of these worldly bonds.

You have to break these worldly bonds only while

ignorance continues. The ignorance makes you believe

1) that the world is real and the bonds are real. 2)

that the human incarnation is only a human being and

not the Lord. 3) the human being has to sacrifice the

hard earned fruit of work, which is real and belongs

to him or her. 4) That the work done by the human

being consumed the own energy of that human being. 5)

that this entire world is not the wealth of the Lord

and even if it is the wealth of the Lord, this human

being is not the Lord. When all these factors are real

the ignorance of the human being is full and the

sacrifice to God by the human being is also real. The

Lord also forgets that He is the Lord and feels

Himself as a human being only. Then only the Lord can

enjoy that sacrifice. If you are out of ignorance and

think that what ever you have earned is the wealth of

the God including yourself, then the sacrifice done by

you is only returning back ones own wealth. In such a

case it is not sacrifice at all. Therefore, the

sacrifice becomes real only when the world becomes

real and the ignorance continues. For the individual

soul the world is real and so the sacrifice done by

any human being is real. The Lord enjoys the love of

His devotee through that sacrifice. Then only the Lord

is pleased. Therefore, salvation means surpassing the

worldly bonds under the influence of the bond with the

Lord. The same mantra says that you should recognize,

achieve and also please the Lord by the real

knowledge. The foremost step in this is recognizing

the Lord. The true path is sacrifice and inseparable

identity is the divine knowledge of the Lord. By such

identity only one should recognize the Lord.

After recognition you must serve the Lord through

sacrifice, which can happen only under ignorance. You

should continuously serve and please the Lord

continuously. But the Lord is pleased only under the

ignorance.

 

 

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