Vivekachoodamani : ( 05/05/2013. )

                                                  Swami Adi Sankaracharya 576. Considering you to be a seeker after liberation, void of the taints of this Dark Age, with a mind free from desires, I have today revealed to you, again and again, as I would to my own son, the supreme and profound secret, the inmost essence of Vedanta, the crown of all Vedas. 577. Hearing the words of the Teacher, the disciple prostrated to him with reverence, and obtaining his permission, went his way, freed from bondage. 578. And the Teacher, his mind immersed in the ocean of eternal Bliss, forever wandered about, verily blessing the whole world. 579. Thus, by means of a dialogue between the Teacher and the disciple, the true nature of the Self (Atman) has been indicated for the easy comprehension of seekers after liberation. 580. May the seekers after liberation app...

521. Seeing that the worthy student has gained the Bliss of the Self, is enlightened, and is prostrating, the noble Teacher being glad at heart again spoke these supreme words. 522. An unbroken stream of perceptions of Brahman is this universe; so in every respect it is nothing but Brahman. In all conditions perceive the Brahman with the vision of illumination and a serene mind. Is it ever possible that one who has eyes can see anything other than forms all around? So too, what is there to engage the intellect of a realized person, save Brahman? 523.Which wise man would relinquish reveling in supreme Bliss for the enjoyment of paltry things? When the greatly enchanting moon is shining, who would wish to gaze upon a painted moon? 524.  In the perception of objects unreal, there is neither the slightest contentment nor the cessation of misery. Therefore, content in the realization of the essence of non-dual Bliss, remain happy, ever established in the Self. 525. O noble o...

480. Through the words of the teachers, the pronouncements of the scriptures and by one‘s own reasoning with senses controlled and mind fixed, at an auspicious moment realising the supreme Truth, such a person becomes motionless in form and perfectly established in the Self. 481. After concentrating his mind on the supreme Brahman for some time, he rose, and out of supreme Bliss, he spoke as follows. 482. My intellect is completely vanished and all activities have dropped off by realizsing the oneness of the Self and the Brahman; I understand neither 'this' nor 'not-this', nor do I know what or of what measure is this endless Bliss. 483. Impossible for speech to express, impossible for the mind to conceive is the splendour of the ocean of the supreme Brahman, replete with the swell of the nectarine Bliss of the Self. In an infinitesimal part of It my mind has merged like a hailstone in the ocean, is now content with the essence of that Bliss. 484. Where ...

472. Noble-hearted renunciates who have abandoned all attachments and discarded all sense-enjoyments, who are calm and controlled, realize this supreme Truth. And at the end, they gain Bliss Supreme as a result of their Self-realization. 473. You too, discriminating thus, be established in this surpassing Truth, the real nature of the Self which is Bliss Absolute, and shaking off the delusion created by your own mind, be liberated and illumined and fulfill your destiny. 474. Perceive the nature of the Self with the eye of perfect Knowledge through Samadhi, where the mind has been brought to complete quietude. If the declarations of Sruti (heard from the Teacher) are perfectly understood without a trace of doubt, it can lead to no more scepticism. 475. When the Self, the Existence-Knowledge-Bliss, is realised, through liberation from one's bondage of ignorance, then the scriptures, logical reasoning, the words of the Teacher--these are proofs; the internal realization o...

465. Only Brahman there is, one without a second, complete, infinite, without beginning or end, Ineffable and changeless; in It there is no duality whatsoever. 466. The essence of Existence, the essence of Knowledge, the essence of Eternal Bliss, Non-dual, devoid of any activity, is only the Brahman; one without a second; in It there is no duality whatsoever. 467.The Subject within all, Non-dual, homogeneous, endless, all-pervading, there is only the Brahman; one without a second; in It there is no duality whatsoever. 468. That which is to be neither shunned nor taken up nor accepted, that which is non-dual and without support--there is only the Brahman; in it there is no duality whatsoever. 469. With no qualities or parts, It is subtle without disturbances and taintless--there is only the Brahman; one without a second; in it there is no duality whatsoever. 470. The Real Nature which is incomprehensible, which is beyond mind and speech and non-dual, there is only the ...

446. He who is an adept at meditation is yet seen to have external perceptions. Sruti says, this is prarabdha at work. This can be inferred from actual results seen. 447. As long as there is the experience of happiness etc., the work of prarabdha* is seen to persist. Every result is seen to have a preceding action; there can be no result independent of action. *past actions that have begun in the present life to fructify or to bear fruit. 448. ―I am Brahman‖---with this Realization, the actions of a hundreds of millions of world cycles come to nought, like the actions of the dream-life on waking up. 449. Can the meritorious acts or sinful deeds that a person has imagined doing in a dream take one to heaven or hell when one has woken up? 450. Being unattached and indifferent like the sky, one who is realised is never concerned in the least about the actions yet to be performed. 451. The space, because of its contact with the jar, is not tainted by the smell of the liqu...

426. On account of constant absorption in Brahman, freed from the sense of reality of external objects, only seemingly enjoying them when offered by others, like one sleepy or like a baby, perceiving the world as one seen in a dream and recognizing it only now and then, such a person is indeed rare. Such a person is the enjoyer of the fruits of infinite merits and is truly considered blessed and revered on earth. 427. That person of steady wisdom, having merged oneself in Brahman enjoys everlasting Bliss, without modification, and freed from all activity. 428. The type of mental activity which admits only the identity of the Self and Brahman, free from all limitations and devoid of duality, which is only concerned with pure Knowledge, is called the ‗illumination‘. One who has this steady illumination is known as a person of steady wisdom. 429. One who has steady wisdom, who experiences endless Bliss, who has forgotten the phenomenal world, that person is considered a jivan-mu...