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maha vAkya vichAram continues..! TB-58

अविद्योपाधिः सन् आत्मा जीव इत्युच्यते | मायोपाधिः सन् आत्मा ईश्वर इत्युच्यते |TB-58|

Now that the jeeva has been introduced as the AtmA which is conditioned by an adjunct called avidyA.. the guru intorduces god as to the truth of the very same AtmA and already by using the common term AtmA for both, the mahA vAkya vichAram by the guru is charging ahead..



Okay.. what is this mAyA upAdhi? It was already explained earlier as a very wonderful and inexplicable force of bramhan.. depending entirely on brramhan for its existence.. and being incapable of operating without the permission from bramhan,, yet with out that power, bramhan itself is as good as useless.. she has 3 fold powers.. satvam.. rajas and tamas.. which is experienced by all of us who accpet or reject shruti..

There is a wonderful thread on mAyA in this community itself.. please revisit.. if mAyA is not understood as to WHY SHE CAN NOT BE UNDERSTOOD, WE ARE ALL IN FOR A RIDE INTO DARKNESS WITH DESTINATION UNKNOWN, THE VEHICLE UNKNOWN, AND THE OPERATOR UNKNOWN.. ALL THE WHILE SO CONVINCED THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING..!

Ok.. now the shastram simpley says AtmA with this wonderful mAyA upaadhi is god.

Now we all wonder who god is.

Is god she? is god he? Is god it? if god is all why do we not feel that I AM GOD?

My arthritis still kills me in the morning when I get up.. When "god" I drive my "god" car into the "god" car driven by the other "god" driver, we both end up in a serious physical and financial damage..! Why?

That is why it is important to go with tatvabodha gradually and gracefully.

There should be no rush.. it is like frying the gulab jamun balls of milk solids very very slowly in deep hot oil.. in slow flame.. so that the gulab jamun does not burn BUT coks well.. TB is a complete text.. In fact, I learnt TB in 1998.. and 11 years later when I look at a word or a sentence it dances with new meaning and expression.

Now god is defined futher in the next few set of teachings from the guru.. BE PATIENT.!

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