One who is not endowed with discrimination

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Jaya Guru Datta,

 

Here is today's saying:

 

“What about the person who is not endowed with viveka (discrimination)? Because

he is under the delusion that he is the body, he attributes the pain and

pleasure belonging to the Antahkarana to himself. Further, he attributes the

qualities like Chaitanya(consciousness) and Satyatva (Realness) to the

Antahkarana. Because of this, when pain and pleasure afflict the Antahkarana, he

wrongly believes that he is suffering. Similarly, he attributes caste,

nationality etc. (which in fact pertain to the body) to the self and says, for

example, ‘I am a Brahmin’, ‘I am an Indian’ and so on.

 

It is clear from the above discussion that though outwardly there is no

difference between the two, internally the difference between a Jeevanmukta and

an ordinary man is that the former is a witness to the suffering while the

latter is a sufferer. Both are purely personal experiences."

 

Sri Swamiji

Lessons in Vedanta - 32 part V

Bhakti Mala, June - July, 1998

 

 

 

 

 

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