Guest guest Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 3. (ii) Science of the Supreme 17. The knowledge of Atman or the Supreme Self is the real knowledge. All other kinds of knowledge are mere semblance of knowledge. 18. That which is worth knowing is the Supreme Absolute, whichis beyond pain and pleasure, beyond virtue and vice, going where, wise people attain Immortality and do not come to grief. 19. Salvation cannot be attained by bodily torture. Knowledge of Atman alone can give emancipation. 20. Knowledge of Atman is a means for emancipation. 21. The flame of a lamp, though small, destroys immense darkness. Even so, knoweldge of the Atman destroys the great ignorance. 22. One may rule over the whole world, yet he cannot attain peace unless he knows the Self. 23. Ignorance of the SElf is the source of all troubles and the knowledge of the Self is that of undecaying bliss and peaace. 24. Ignorance or Avidya is a principle and beginningless but which disappears when one attains divine wisdom. 25. The whole world is a product of ignorance. It vanishes when one gets Brahma-Jnana, when true knowledge dawns. 26. If ignorance were real, all pracatice of righteousness, devotion and meditation would be useless. How can we account for the desire of a man to be free from all lilmitations? 27. As on the perception of the rope the illusory snake dissppears entirely, so when the substratum of the world (Brahman) is known, the whole world disappears. 28. Brahman is all. It is ignorance which gives man an idea of separateness. 29. Egoism is born as a result of the ignorance of Brahman, and from egoism arises the wh ole psychic equipment of men and the world as well. 30. When truth is known, duality vanishes. Contd... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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