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Shankaracharya comment regarding the Heart

 

Shankaracharya makes it clear in his Bhashyam of BrahmaSutra, that though

the Supreme Brahman is existing everywhere indifferently, outside and

within, still if one wants to perceive it, one has to perceive it in his

Dahara Akasha (the space within one's heart), because he transcends all the

physical or mental perceptions. The heart is the only place where the

"transmission" can be "received". Thus,

when we meditate, we try to place our mind in to our heart.

 

"mano hridaye, hridayam mayi, ahamamrite, amritam brahmani" say the Vedas.

"Self-realization is the greatest thing, because one's life is useless

without it." say the Upanishads