Saturday, January 7, 2017

Vedantic enquiry

Vedantic enquiry

A vedantic enquiry reveals that the self is a formless, is of the nature of pure consciousness  and is independent plus self existent.
The enquiry begins with neti neti, I.e. negating the conclusions that the self is as good as this body.
The self is seen as the knower or kshetrajna, while the body is the known and a portion of the kshetra.
Knowerness is a merely status w.r.t. The known.
Self is just pure consciousness.

This self is called as brahman.

With respect to the kshetra , ब्राह्मण  is said to be , looked upon as the cause. All the kshetra is said to have sprung from brahman itself as the material cause.
Pure brahman is the unchanging material cause. Brahman with the vinas in state of laya is the changing material cause that is mithya. Brahman w.r.t the maya is nimitta or efficient slash intelligent cause also. Called as ishvara.

This completes the bodh, revealing that the self alone is ishvara, which is brahman.

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