Saturday, October 12, 2024

Vivekachudamani-Post 50





here is a supreme means by which you can put an end to the fear of  relative existence; by that you will cross the sea of samsara and attain  supreme Bliss. 


Kaschit mahān upāyaḥ asti. There is a great grand method; Sādhanām, means  for saṁsāra bhaya nasanaha, which method will destroy the fear caused by saṁsāra. The anxiety, the insecurity, the sense of want, a sense of limitation, the fear of losing things and people. 


So this saṁsāra bhayanāśanaḥ destroying remedy is there. There is a medicine. And I am ready to give it to you. Tēna tīrtvā; saṁsāra bhayanāśanaḥ, nāśanaḥ means destroyer of fear. Tēna by that method; bhavām bhōdhiṁ tīrtvā, you can cross the ocean of saṁsāra.


Vedanta says Mokṣa is here and now. Therefore, you can test for yourselves. Therefore, never criticise without study.

 

Therefore, first study systematically comprehensively and see what vedanta has to say. Therefore tena tirtva, by that method, you can cross; bhavām bhōdhiṁ means saṁsāra sagaraha; bhava means saṁsāra, amōdhiḥ means ocean. 


After having crossed what will happen to you; param anandam apsyasi; you will attain the highest anandah, otherwise known as purnatvam; sense of fulfilment; sense that life has been meaningful; purposeful; wonderful.


A psychological assurance is again given here in a flood of love  that pours out from the heart of the Teacher. The repetition is  not merely for the sake of emphasis, but also to clearly reveal the  infinite consideration and divine sympathy which the Teacher has  for the student. 


It is the one most important insistence of Vedanta that  there is a sovereign means by which our misunderstanding and  consequent false evaluation of life can be completely crushed,  culminating in right understanding. 

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