When Nididhyasa Reaches Mature Stage

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Jaya Guru Datta,

 

Here is today's saying:

 

“In the present context, though Paramatma alone is real, to think ' I do not

know what Paramatma is' is 'Asambhavana'. To think 'I am the body' 'I am John,

I am Rama', etc. is Vipareeta Bhavana (perverse assumption).

 

While Manana removes the Asambhavana, Nididhyasa removes the Vipareeta Bhavana.

To combine Dhyana with the knowledge acquired by Shravana is 'Nididhyasa'.

 

When Nididhyasa reaches mature stage, the notion that 'the body is I' will

disappear and the knowledge-'I am Brahman' will set in. This itself is

Aparoksha Jnana (direct knowledge). This itself is self-experience. This

itself is Atma Samadhi.

 

When this happens, Abhaanaavarana (namely, the thought - 'I do not know what

Brahman is') will vanish."

 

Sri Swamiji

Lessons in Vedanta - 22 part V

 

Sri Guru Datta,

Swamiji Says

 

 

 

 

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