Adhyaaropa

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Jaya Guru Datta,

 

Here is today's saying:

 

“A seashell seen from a distance in bright sunshine might be mistaken as silver.

A rope may be mistaken for a snake in twilight. The desert travellers mistake a

mirage for water. a dwarf tree might look like a hiding thief in darkness. Why

does this happen? We do not know that the piece of shining object is seashell

and therefore we impose silver on it. We do not know that it is a rope and

therefore we impose snake on it. Similarly, we impose a thief on a dwarf tree.

Because we are not able to comprehend the objects properly, we superimpose

something else upon them. In reality, there is no actual relation whatsoever

between a piece of seashell and silver. So is the case with rope & snake and

mirage & water.

 

Similarly, we impose the world upon Atma. In reality, Atma is pure and is

totally independent of everything in the creation. In the examples cited above,

we understood that ignorance is the cause for the superimposition. Even in the

case of Atma, we superimpose the world because we do not know what the originant

is. This is called Ajnaana (ignorance). The scriptures have used different

terms in different contexts to denote this lack of knowledge. They are Avidya

(non-knowledge), Tamas (darkness, gloom), Moha (delusion), Moola Prakriti (the

original root out of which all apparent forms are evolved), Pradhana, (primary

or unevolved or nature), Guna Saamya, Avyakta (the unevolved), Maya (illusion),

Beeja Shakti (primary cause), etc., etc. Each term has a purpose. We will

understand about them in the lessons that follow."

 

Sri Swamiji,

Lessons in Vedanta - 15 part III

 

Sri Guru Datta,

Swamiji Says

 

 

 

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