Swami
continues,
"Nirvikalpa
samadhi gives full knowledge of Brahman, and that, in turn, results in Moksha
or Liberation from birth and death.
The mind must be attuned to the contemplation of Brahman; one must strive to
tread the path of Brahman and live in Brahman, with Brahman. Atmajnana can be
won only by the triple path of:-
-
giving up Vasanas,
-
uprooting the mind and
-
the analysis of experience, to grasp the reality.
1) GIVING
UP VASANAS.
Without
these three, the Jnana of the Atma will not dawn. The Vasanas or instincts and
impulses prod the mind on towards the sensory world and bind the individual to
joy and misery. So, the Vasanas must be put down.
This
can be achieved by means of:-
1. Discrimination
(Viveka),
2. Meditation
on the Atma (Atmachinthana),
3. Inquiry
(Vicharana),
4. Control
of the senses (Samam),
5. Control
of the desires (Damam),
6. Renunciation
(Vairagya) and such disciplines.
2) UPROOTING THE MIND
The
mind is a bundle of Vasanas; verily, the mind is the Jagath itself; it is all
the world for the individual. While in deep sleep the mind does not function,
and so the Jagath is practically non-existent for the individual.
The
Jagath is born, or 'enters the consciousness' and dies or 'disappears from the
consciousness', according to the cognitive power of the mind.
When therefore the mind is destroyed, the world too is destroyed and one is
free, one is liberated; one attains Moksha.
(Author’s note- Everything about Mind and
to some extent about vasanas, have been covered in the Manas Buddhi Chitta
Ahankara - MBCA theme posts.
Sankara's Guru's Guru - Sri Gaudapada wrote
in Mandukya karika - "The universe never was created".
This could be a shocking revelation, but Swami has mentioned the
same thing above, when the mind is destroyed / transcended, this
creation is also transcended as the creation itself is projection of mind
and nothing else).
Love.
