Pujya Ramsukhdasji Maharaj

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The Science of the Self is Perfect; It is the Best

 

In Gita the Lord says - " Of Sciences, I am the Science of the Self "

(Gita 10:32) " Adhyatmavidyaa vidyaanaam " (Gita 10:32)

 

Adhyatmavidyaa - is the science that leads a man to salvation. All

other sciences (and learnings) are imperfect. Something remains to

be known, after knowledge us gained from these. But the science of

the Self is perfect. After knowing it, nothing else remains to be

known. It is referred to as the Lord's glory.

 

Of all the sciences, " adhyatmavidya " i.e. Science of the Self (Soul)

is the best. The same science has been called " Brahmavidya " .

 

The Lord calls " adhyatmavidya " i.e. the science of the Self as His

divine glory because it is the simplest, easiest and is directly

realizable to all. There is no difficulty, in practicing it, in

understanding it and in attaining it. In fact, practicing,

understanding and attainment are not applicable to it at all. The

reason is that it is ever attained and in all the states -

wakefulness, sleep and sound sleep etc. It ever remains the same.

The science is evident and can be clearly realized, but we cannot

realize the existence of the world as clearly. We should understand

this fact.

 

If we think of our childhood and see our present state, we find that

now the body is not the same, the habits are not the same, the

language is not the same, the behavior is not the same, the places

we used to visit are not the same, the timeframe is not the same,

friends and companions are not the same, activities are not the

same, ideas are not the same, all of these have changed, but our

Self has not changed - therefore we say, " I am the same one that was

in childhood. "

 

It means that whatever has changed is of a different nature, and

whatever has not changed is of a different nature. What has not

changed is the " Self " and whatever has changed is the body. This is

the science of the Self i.e. Atmajnana.