All the so-called duties of the world have to be kicked away for the sake of that glorious state of Self-realisation.
The Mahabharata proclaims that for the sake of Self-realisation the whole world should be renounced without any hesitation.
Why do you roll in this miserable Samsara?
Are you not ashamed?
If you have real manliness, you must break the chains of earthly bondage, the bondage of birth and death, old age and disease, hunger and thirst!
That is courage, that is heroism! That is real manliness. Do not be cowards; start now; fight against worldly delusion against the mind and the senses!
When Vairagya appears in the mind, it opens the gate to Divine Wisdom.
From dissatisfaction (with the sense-objects and worldly sense-enjoyments) comes aspiration.
From aspiration comes abstraction.
From abstraction comes the concentration of the mind.
From the concentration of the mind comes meditation or contemplation.
From contemplation comes Samadhi or Self-realisation.
Without dissatisfaction or Vairagya, nothing is possible.
Intense Vairagya Necessary For Moksha.
There must be intense (Tivra) Vairagya in the minds of the aspirants, throughout the period of their Sadhana.
Mere mental adhesion will not do for success in Yoga.
There must be intense longing for liberation, a high degree of Vairagya plus capacity for Sadhana (spiritual practice).
Then only they will get Nirvikalpa Samadhi and Moksha.
It was only Raja Janaka and Prahlada who had Tivra Vairagya (intense dispassion). This kind of Vairagya is necessary for quick realisation.
It is very difficult to cross the ocean of Samsara with a dull type of Vairagya.
The crocodile of sense-hankering (Trishna) for sense-enjoyments and sense-objects will catch the aspirants by the throat and, violently snatching away, will drown them half-way.
How To Develop Vairagya
Those who do not develop the painless Vairagya inherent in one's self and that with great felicity and happiness are, at best, but vermins in human shapes.
When a bee finds that its feet are stuck in the honey, it slowly licks its feet several times and then flies away with joy.
Even so, extricate yourself from the mind's sticking and clinging to this body and children-honey owing to Raga and Moha through Vairagya and meditation and fly away from this cage of flesh and bone to the Source, Brahman or Absolute.
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"Know Thyself. All else will be known to thee of its own accord.
Discriminate between the undying, unchanging, all-pervading, infinite Atma and the ever-changing, phenomenal and perishable universe and body.
Enquire, ‘Who am I?’
Make the mind calm. Free yourself from all thoughts other than the simple thought of the Self or Atma.
Dive deep into the chambers of your heart.
Find out the real, infinite ‘I’.
Rest there peacefully for ever and become identical with the Supreme Self."
This is the gist of the philosophy and teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi.
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"Sarvam duhkham vivekinah-All indeed, is pain to a person of discrimination."
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Following are the imp notes from yv:
Hence one should forcefully uplift one's M from the state of ignorance and vacillation and apply it to the study of scriptures and to the company of holy sages.
Abandon impurity of objective percepn.
remain established in self knowledge
When one firmly rooted in Self knowledge
visha to amrit
the very moment one looks at the body as an inert substance, one attains self knowledge.
303
Libn but a synonym for pure M, correct self knowledge and truly awakened state
Until one reaches this true awakening or self knowledge, one considers oneself bound and strives for libn.
At the very instant when wickedness or foolishness comes to an end, M with all its retinue vanishes.
337
When one is ignorant, one entertains the wrong notion that the Body is the Self.
His own senses prove to be his worst enemies.
371
the fool who is devoid of wisdom who is wedded to the ego sense is dead
375
one who doesn't have self control uses flowers
futile
Adoring Self as external form futile
377
IC realised only with Inner Light
379
IC devoid of concepts, extremely subtle
In self forgetfulness entertains thoughts and experiemces percepn
387
Self not realised by any other means than meditation
Worship Inner intelligence with Self realisation.
391
It's only the Self that becomes aware of the Self.
391
Not with, not without.
Scriptural knowledge, instructions of preceptor, true discipleship come together...self knowledge attained.
396
Knower of truth = no Mind= pure sattva
after a while turyatita
410
previous sanskaras, impressions, vasanas detroyed only by intense self effort.
bound to illusion..who is not free from vasana.
418
dream like nature of thought form realised only by the intense practise of yoga, not otherwise.
Realisation of it's non existence is its supreme state.
If M remains absorbed even for a moment (tastes it for a second) it does not return to the worldly state.
One who has reached this is rooted in sattva (truth)
He beholds the Inner Light and rests in supreme peace.
Only when ego sense thinned does self knowledge arise
464
Only when M utterly quiet, when one has completely abandoned all desire for pleasure, when senses rid of colouring or covering ...words of preceptor rightly comprehended.
When thus one is freed from psychological conditioning, impurities removed
words of guru enter directly into innermost core of one's being
just as an arrow enters the stalk of the lotus.
ignorant and inert M = M
enlightened M = sattva = uncondnd M
he who sees sparks doesn't realise its fire
You are deluded because you do not recollect repeatedly and frequently the truth concerning IC,
but you partake of the poison of self limitation and the consequent psychological condng.
502
when one's intelligence doesn't get drowned in objective percepn, then one is able to cross the ocean of sansara.
503
world appearance extremely subtle
half ignorance destroyed by company of holy ones
quarter by scriptures
quarter by self effort
if one is able to remove the ego sense by means of one's awakened intelligence, he cleanses from his C the impurity known as world appearance.
511
Dnyani ignores individualised M and objects
since he is established in self knowledge
pychological condng entirely removed
I ness ceases ...then space
company of ignorant peeople..total no..no snake in a dark cave ok
their company destructive of Self
537
company of wise
then one should water the seed of samadhi or medn by means of hearing, reflecting on and contemplating the scriptures, which brings about full Inner Wisdom and Fullness of Wisdom Nectar
nourish the precious seed of medn, samadhi by tapa etc.
538
After sometime the tree known as mdn or samdhi starts yielding it's fruit,
Which is the revelation of the supreme Self
539-imp
Being established in this extraordinary state it (the mind deer) does not entertain any worry or anxiety concening wife, children etc.
It beholds with an enlightened vision which is alone the Reality in which alone is the Infinite.
With it's vision fully concentrated, it ascends the tree of Samadhi
It engages itself in the necessary activities as if it had just been awakened for doing just that work, after which it returns to the state of medn
But naturally it seeks to be in the state of samadhi all the time.
It is totally free from ego-sense, though , because it's also breathing like the others, it seems
to be alive in the ego-sense
....
it draws closer and closer to the state of moksha
lastly it abandons even buddhi or intellect and enters into uncondnd C
This is known as attainment of the highest in which one abandons the notions of the existence of the objects of one's own self.
Vajra dhan
540
When there is no craving, the Self is never abandoned
Until one attains Self knowledge there is no need to strive for Samadhi...
Vajra dhyan
\
by 1 scriptures, 2 holy company, 3 medn
ignorance not dispelled by half knowledge
sitting next to a painting of fire when cold
M which has attained the fruit of medn, which is Self knowledge, is firm like a thunderbolt.
541
Unless and until Bramha is realised, one cannot rest in the Self.
until then medn is impossible etc.
602
if one's C is not purified by right understanding or wisdom, it does not remain without the support of sansara
670
never associate with ignorant people who cannot recognise the truth
682
perfect awakening by careful investigation of this scripture constantly.
684
only by self knowledge, triputi vanishes
706
by awakening, awakening is attained
and the concept of awakening is understood
by repeatedly repeating the Truth, even an ignorant person is awakened.
726
when the truth concerning this tree of sansara is clearly understood, the realsn arises that I am the 3 worlds and there is libn.
Abandon impurity of objective percepn.
remain established in self knowledge
When one firmly rooted in Self knowledge
visha to amrit
the very moment one looks at the body as an inert substance, one attains self knowledge.
303
Libn but a synonym for pure M, correct self knowledge and truly awakened state
Until one reaches this true awakening or self knowledge, one considers oneself bound and strives for libn.
At the very instant when wickedness or foolishness comes to an end, M with all its retinue vanishes.
337
When one is ignorant, one entertains the wrong notion that the Body is the Self.
His own senses prove to be his worst enemies.
371
the fool who is devoid of wisdom who is wedded to the ego sense is dead
375
one who doesn't have self control uses flowers
futile
Adoring Self as external form futile
377
IC realised only with Inner Light
379
IC devoid of concepts, extremely subtle
In self forgetfulness entertains thoughts and experiemces percepn
387
Self not realised by any other means than meditation
Worship Inner intelligence with Self realisation.
391
It's only the Self that becomes aware of the Self.
391
Not with, not without.
Scriptural knowledge, instructions of preceptor, true discipleship come together...self knowledge attained.
396
Knower of truth = no Mind= pure sattva
after a while turyatita
410
previous sanskaras, impressions, vasanas detroyed only by intense self effort.
bound to illusion..who is not free from vasana.
418
dream like nature of thought form realised only by the intense practise of yoga, not otherwise.
Realisation of it's non existence is its supreme state.
If M remains absorbed even for a moment (tastes it for a second) it does not return to the worldly state.
One who has reached this is rooted in sattva (truth)
He beholds the Inner Light and rests in supreme peace.
Only when ego sense thinned does self knowledge arise
464
Only when M utterly quiet, when one has completely abandoned all desire for pleasure, when senses rid of colouring or covering ...words of preceptor rightly comprehended.
When thus one is freed from psychological conditioning, impurities removed
words of guru enter directly into innermost core of one's being
just as an arrow enters the stalk of the lotus.
ignorant and inert M = M
enlightened M = sattva = uncondnd M
he who sees sparks doesn't realise its fire
You are deluded because you do not recollect repeatedly and frequently the truth concerning IC,
but you partake of the poison of self limitation and the consequent psychological condng.
502
when one's intelligence doesn't get drowned in objective percepn, then one is able to cross the ocean of sansara.
503
world appearance extremely subtle
half ignorance destroyed by company of holy ones
quarter by scriptures
quarter by self effort
if one is able to remove the ego sense by means of one's awakened intelligence, he cleanses from his C the impurity known as world appearance.
511
Dnyani ignores individualised M and objects
since he is established in self knowledge
pychological condng entirely removed
I ness ceases ...then space
company of ignorant peeople..total no..no snake in a dark cave ok
their company destructive of Self
537
company of wise
then one should water the seed of samadhi or medn by means of hearing, reflecting on and contemplating the scriptures, which brings about full Inner Wisdom and Fullness of Wisdom Nectar
nourish the precious seed of medn, samadhi by tapa etc.
538
After sometime the tree known as mdn or samdhi starts yielding it's fruit,
Which is the revelation of the supreme Self
539-imp
Being established in this extraordinary state it (the mind deer) does not entertain any worry or anxiety concening wife, children etc.
It beholds with an enlightened vision which is alone the Reality in which alone is the Infinite.
With it's vision fully concentrated, it ascends the tree of Samadhi
It engages itself in the necessary activities as if it had just been awakened for doing just that work, after which it returns to the state of medn
But naturally it seeks to be in the state of samadhi all the time.
It is totally free from ego-sense, though , because it's also breathing like the others, it seems
to be alive in the ego-sense
....
it draws closer and closer to the state of moksha
lastly it abandons even buddhi or intellect and enters into uncondnd C
This is known as attainment of the highest in which one abandons the notions of the existence of the objects of one's own self.
Vajra dhan
540
When there is no craving, the Self is never abandoned
Until one attains Self knowledge there is no need to strive for Samadhi...
Vajra dhyan
\
by 1 scriptures, 2 holy company, 3 medn
ignorance not dispelled by half knowledge
sitting next to a painting of fire when cold
M which has attained the fruit of medn, which is Self knowledge, is firm like a thunderbolt.
541
Unless and until Bramha is realised, one cannot rest in the Self.
until then medn is impossible etc.
602
if one's C is not purified by right understanding or wisdom, it does not remain without the support of sansara
670
never associate with ignorant people who cannot recognise the truth
682
perfect awakening by careful investigation of this scripture constantly.
684
only by self knowledge, triputi vanishes
706
by awakening, awakening is attained
and the concept of awakening is understood
by repeatedly repeating the Truth, even an ignorant person is awakened.
726
when the truth concerning this tree of sansara is clearly understood, the realsn arises that I am the 3 worlds and there is libn.
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more yv notes from estudante vedanta:
120
The only way to cross sansara - world appearance - is successful mastery of senses.
no other effort is of any use.
164
When this Inner Intelligence is not awakened , it does not really understand or know anything
What is known by the mind...not the truth
none can reach state of total dispassion without constant practise.
whatever brings about total equanimity and the cessation of joy and sorrow..is also called divine grace
divine grace natural order and right self exertion ..all refer to the same truth
mind is doer and whatever it conceives of, the natural order (niyati) creates and manifests
As long as there is mind, there is neither God nor natural order (niyati)
When this Inner Intelligence is not awakened , it does not really understand or know anything
What is known by the mind...not the truth
none can reach state of total dispassion without constant practise.
whatever brings about total equanimity and the cessation of joy and sorrow..is also called divine grace
divine grace natural order and right self exertion ..all refer to the same truth
mind is doer and whatever it conceives of, the natural order (niyati) creates and manifests
As long as there is mind, there is neither God nor natural order (niyati)
208
This state can be attained by cultivation of dispassion, study of scriptures, instructions of a guru, persistent practise of enquiry.
but, if the awakened intelligence is keen and sharp...
you will attain it even without other aids.
uncondnd M is firm..that itself is medn.
This state can be attained by cultivation of dispassion, study of scriptures, instructions of a guru, persistent practise of enquiry.
but, if the awakened intelligence is keen and sharp...
you will attain it even without other aids.
uncondnd M is firm..that itself is medn.
246
Realsn of Self does not happen without such repetition (or spiritual practise)
Realsn of Self does not happen without such repetition (or spiritual practise)
266
no self control... uses flowers/...futile
adoring Self as external form ..futile
external worship of form only for those whose intelligence has not been awakened
..and who are immature like boys
Self not realised by means other than medn
13 secs, 101 secs..etc
perpetual medn ..most purifying
after having bathed in self knowledge,
one should worship this Inner Intelligence with materials of self realsn
he who takes ego sense and mirage to be real..unfit to be instructed.
no self control... uses flowers/...futile
adoring Self as external form ..futile
external worship of form only for those whose intelligence has not been awakened
..and who are immature like boys
Self not realised by means other than medn
13 secs, 101 secs..etc
perpetual medn ..most purifying
after having bathed in self knowledge,
one should worship this Inner Intelligence with materials of self realsn
he who takes ego sense and mirage to be real..unfit to be instructed.
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Maitreya up. ref nov 2019
3. When the Triputi are thus dispelled, he becomes the Kaivalya Jyotis without Bhava (existence) or Abhava (non-existence), full and motionless, like the ocean without the tides or like the lamp without the wind.
He becomes a Brahmavit (knower of Brahman) by cognising the end of the sleeping state even while in the waking state 3/32
M becomes non perceiver...owing to lack of objects to be perceived.
II-38. Having perceived Truth internally and having perceived it externally, one should become identified with Truth, should derive delight from Truth, and should never deviate from Truth.
He becomes a Brahmavit (knower of Brahman) by cognising the end of the sleeping state even while in the waking state 3/32
M becomes non perceiver...owing to lack of objects to be perceived.
II-38. Having perceived Truth internally and having perceived it externally, one should become identified with Truth, should derive delight from Truth, and should never deviate from Truth.
IV-80. Then, there follows a state of stillness,
when the Consciousness has become free from attachment and does not engage Itself (in unreal things).
That is the object of vision to the wise.
when the Consciousness has become free from attachment and does not engage Itself (in unreal things).
That is the object of vision to the wise.
20. Those Brahmanas who (just) know Brahman – here itself they are dissolved;
and being dissolved they exist in the Avyakta.
Having been dissolved they exist in the Avyakta – this is the secret doctrine.
and being dissolved they exist in the Avyakta.
Having been dissolved they exist in the Avyakta – this is the secret doctrine.
428 muktikopanishad
II-ii-10-15.
1 The destruction of impressions,
2 cultivation of knowledge and
3 destruction of the mind,
when practised together for long will yield fruit.
If not practised together, there will be no success even after hundreds of years, like mantras which are scattered.
When these three are practised long, the knots of the heart surely are broken, like lotus fibre and the stalk.
II-ii-10-15.
1 The destruction of impressions,
2 cultivation of knowledge and
3 destruction of the mind,
when practised together for long will yield fruit.
If not practised together, there will be no success even after hundreds of years, like mantras which are scattered.
When these three are practised long, the knots of the heart surely are broken, like lotus fibre and the stalk.
The false impression of worldly life is got in a hundred lives and cannot be destroyed without long practice.
II-ii-16. The wise know that the mind is bound by the impressions, it is liberated when released well from them.
So, O Hanuman, practice the destruction of mental impression, quickly.
So, O Hanuman, practice the destruction of mental impression, quickly.
(=Tapa ...sam)
One who remains alone giving up perception as well as non-perception is himself the Brahman – A person cannot know Brahman by merely learning the four Vedas and Shastras, as the ladle cannot taste the food.
III-ii-3: This Self is not attained through study, nor through the intellect, nor through much hearing. The very Self which this one (i.e. the aspirant) seeks is attainable through that fact of seeking; this Self of his reveals Its own nature.
III-ii-4: This Self is not attained by one devoid of strength, nor through delusion, nor through knowledge unassociated with monasticism.
III-ii-4: This Self is not attained by one devoid of strength, nor through delusion, nor through knowledge unassociated with monasticism.
But the Self of that knower, who strives through these means, enters into the abode that is Brahman.
III-ii-5: Having attained this, the seers become contented with their knowledge, established in the Self, freed from attachment, and composed. Having realized the all-pervasive One everywhere, these discriminating people, ever merged in contemplation, enter into the All.
III-ii-6: Those to whom the entity presented by the Vedantic knowledge has become fully ascertained, who are assiduous and have become pure in mind through the Yoga of monasticism – all of them, at the supreme moment of final departure, become identified with the supreme Immortality in the worlds that are Brahman, and they become freed on every side.
III-ii-6: Those to whom the entity presented by the Vedantic knowledge has become fully ascertained, who are assiduous and have become pure in mind through the Yoga of monasticism – all of them, at the supreme moment of final departure, become identified with the supreme Immortality in the worlds that are Brahman, and they become freed on every side.
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439 nadabindu u
19. That person always engaged in its contemplation and always absorbed in it should gradually leave off his body (or family) following the course of Yoga and avoiding all intercourse with society.
19. That person always engaged in its contemplation and always absorbed in it should gradually leave off his body (or family) following the course of Yoga and avoiding all intercourse with society.
39. It (the mind) becoming insensible to the external impressions, becomes one with the sound as milk with water and then becomes rapidly absorbed in Chidakasa (the Akasa where Chit prevails).
53. The body in the state of Unmani is certainly like a log and does not feel heat or cold, joy or sorrow.
III-44. Taking delight in the supreme light (manifested in the individual Self),
remaining quiescent,
free from desires and blessings,
seeking (supreme) bliss,
he (the ascetic) should move about (as a mendicant monk) with the Self alone as his companion
He becomes fit for immortality by subduing the senses
I am the body = Kalasutra
= trap for Mahavichi
III-62. A mendicant monk gets liberation when he possesses the following six characteristics:
he is tongueless (in relishing food and speech),
a eunuch (in sex),
lame (in push),
blind (in seeing sense objects),
deaf (in hearing praise or curse)
and innocent (like a child).
There is no doubt about it.
III-91. He shall seek the (realization of the) Self. Remaining unclad,
free from (the influence of) the pairs (of opposites), receiving no gifts, well established in the path of the reality of Brahman,
he is tongueless (in relishing food and speech),
a eunuch (in sex),
lame (in push),
blind (in seeing sense objects),
deaf (in hearing praise or curse)
and innocent (like a child).
There is no doubt about it.
III-91. He shall seek the (realization of the) Self. Remaining unclad,
free from (the influence of) the pairs (of opposites), receiving no gifts, well established in the path of the reality of Brahman,
35. (37) Austerity is the burning, in the fire of immediate realization of the world’s falsity
Meditation is the fixing of the mind one-pointedly on the reality, made doubtless through investigation and reflection.
Meditation is the fixing of the mind one-pointedly on the reality, made doubtless through investigation and reflection.
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