they are merely appearances of the deluded mind and not real

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ADVAITA BODHA DEEPIKA[LAMP OF NON-DUAL KNOWLEDGE][Originally

Sri Shankaracharya and other great Sages hadwritten several works like the commentary on the Vedanta Sutrasand thus furnished the methods for those engaged in Self enquiryto accomplish their purpose.From those, Sri Karapatra Swami later condensed thesalient

points

into

Sanskrit

verse

in

a

work

of

twelve

chapters,called Sri Advaita

Bodha Deepika.Still later, some great man seems to have translated thisinto Tamil prose. For some unknown reasons only some eightchapters

of

the

same

are

found

published.]ON SUPERIMPOSITION102-104. Disciple: What is jagrat (the waking state)?Master: It is the phenomenon of the I-mode along with all theother modes of mind and the related objects. Taking on I-nessin the gross body of the waking state, the individual goes by thename of visva, the experiencer of the waking state.D.: What is dream?M.: After the senses are withdrawn from external activitiesthe impressions formed by the mental modes of the wakingstate reproduce themselves as visions in dreams. The experiencerof this subtle state is known as the taijasa.D.: What is deep sleep (sushupti)?M.: When all the mental modes lie dormant in causalignorance, it is said to be deep sleep. Here the experiencer knownas prajna has the bliss of Self.105. The jiva revolves in this merry-go-round owing to theoperation of his past karma according as it bestows waking, dreamor deep sleep experience. This is samsara. In the same way thejiva is subject to births and deaths as a result of past karma.106. Nevertheless they are merely appearances of thedeluded mind and not real. He seems to be born and to die.