[Advaita-l] Two types of Atma jnAni-s &their approachtoreallife situation

[Br. Pranipata]

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From: "Vidyasankar Sundaresan" <svidyasankar at hotmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:34 AM
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Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Two types of Atma jnAni-s &their	approachtoreallife 
situation

>
. This practical
> concern is, in my opinion, precisely the reason why Sankara bhagavatpAda
> acknowledges that Atma-vijnAna-smRti-saMtAna is ananya-sAdhana for
> citta-vRtti-nirodha and then recommends tyAga and vairAgya as sAdhana-s
> to bolster this smRti-saMtAna and to control the activity of speech, body
> and mind.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Vidyasankar
>

Hari Om Shri Vidyasankarji, Pranaams!

The sAkShitA(witnesshood) of Atman is not a svarUpa-lakShaNa of Atman but 
only upalakShaNa.

To be absorbed in Atma-svarUpa uninterruptedly one has to leave the 
upalakShaNa which is not ever present in Atman.

Whether BG triplet starting dhyAyato viShayAn ... occuring in 
sthitaprajna-lakShaNa portion, or in bhikShu-gIta portion of 
srimadbhagavatam, refrain and tolerance are the golden rule and never 
indulgence(intolerance and repulsion) with sAkShibhAva.

In Shri Guru Smriti,
Br. Pranipata Chaitanya