I Illuminate The Buddhi Itself

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Jaya Guru Datta,

 

Here is today's saying:

 

“What can aid in seeing the 'I' - which is responsible for illumining the

intellect? Is there any instrument to see the 'I'?

 

The sun illumines objects without any effort, desire or assertion (that I am

illumining). Such being the case, is it proper to attribute doership to sun?

 

I do not possess any attributes. I am devoid of actions. I have no indriyas

(instruments). Such being my nature, people think that I illuminate the

intellect- thereby wrongly attribute doership to me, just as attributing

doership to a piece of magnet (to which iron fibers are attracted).

 

Nowhere does an illuminator get illuminated by an object which has been

illuminated by it. (For instance, sun illuminates the earth. Does the earth-

which is illuminated by the sun - illuminate the sun itself?) The buddhi

illuminates everything.. How does one see me - who is responsible for

illuminating the buddhi itself?"

 

In Sanskrit:

 

Buddhi bhaasakam maamaham katham

Kena saadhane naavalokaye

 

Yama kaamanaa -hamkriyaadibhir

varjitasya vai - padminee pateh

Ghata pataadikaa - bhaasana kriyaa

kartritaa katham youktikee bhavet 1

 

Nirvisheshana - syaakriyas cha

karana varjita syaiva meva me

Buddhi bhaasane - kartritaa janair

loha sammanaa vivahi kalpitaa 2

 

Kopi bhaasaka -ssveeya bhaasyakair

naiva bhaasyate - yatra kutra vaa

Sarva bhaasaka - dhee prabhaasakam

sachidananda mee -kshe katham tu maam 3

 

Sri Swamiji

Journey to The Self (Lessons In Vedanta) Volume I pp. 24 - 25

Bhajan 8

 

Sri Guru Datta,

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