Atma Bhoda
Atma Bhoda
Atma Bhoda
TION OF ATMA-BODHA).
BY
SITA NATH DATTA,
Annotator oj Upanishadas.
PUBLISHED BY
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SANKARACHARYA.
HIS LIFE
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ACCORDING to the account which to us
HIS TEACHINGS.
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salvation,
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If, however, an object is supposed to be
required (for Brahman being intelligent), the
texts ascribing thought to Brahman will be
found to be demonstrated all the better.
What then is that which is the
object of the
Lord's knowledge previously to the origin of
the world ? Name and form, we reply, which
can be defined neither as identical with him
nor as different from him, unevolved, but about
to be evolved. The adherents of the Yoga
Sastras say that the yogins have a direct
knowledge of the past and the future through
his favour ;
there can be no question, then, as
to the fact, that the eternally perfect Lord has
an eternal knowledge of creation, existence,
But the same Sankara, who
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and dissolution/
everywhere insists on the dependance of
matter on mind, and to whom, as we have
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you of the nature of the
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It is neither real nor unreal, nor both.
It is neither distinct (from God) nor one (with
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conception, that Being is
Vivekachuramani, 376.
"The highest truth is this that there is
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as Sankara says, it is obtained whenever
freedom from ignorance, the knot of the
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understanding, is obtained,
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is
logically involved in his teachings, admitted
by him with apparent reluctance, and only
in an indirect manner.
Sankara rightly describes conscious unity
with God as a state of transcendent holiness.
It may be shown to demonstration that all
restored.
10. In consequence of those diverse
a variety of names and conditions
attributes,
are supposed proper to the spirit, just as a
recognised as spirit.
14. In union with the five Kashas or
23. As
light is the peculiar property of
the Sun, freshness of water, heat of fire, so
existence.
perfectly pure.
35. I am like the ether, penetrating all
imaculate, immoveable.
self !
incessently entertained, disperses thfe
elsewhere.
with joy.
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self as though )ie J^now^s. nothing a-nd passes on
like the wind, detached frprp all things.
,53. jFrppi he m/Di^nt in which the
of t^je
t Y^apta a3 t^ie
Brahma !
H. H. WILSON.
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original or translation,
presents many pal*
pable errors, and cannot consequently be
depended upon. The weight of authority
therefore is altogether in favour of an anti-