|| तत्वबोध --2 ||

TB Opening lines.. || TB-2 ||

The beauty of TB is its ability to convey to us the essence of vEdhAntham in the question and answer format.. almost all of our teachings or that way (except perhaps in our modern schools, where the teacher gets upset if the student asks a question..!!).. in vEdhAntham THERE IS NO NAME DROPPING.. Our svarupam is the topic here.. so better get it pakkA in our budhDhi.. any vEdhAntha teacher who leaves a mystery in a questioner's mind SHOULD BE DROPPED AS A GURU INSTANTLY..! Even the word "guru" has a significant meaning.. "gu" means the darkness(in our mind about our true nature) and "ru" means its removal..! That person alone deserves to be our guru..

So the guru opens TB with words that are more powerful than nuclear explosion..

sADhana cathushtaya sampanna aDhikAriNAm mumukshUNAm moksha sADhana Butham thathva viveka prakAram vakshyAmaH |TB-2|

साधन चतुष्तटय सम्पन्न अधिकारिणां मुमुक्षूणां मोक्ष साधन भूतं तत्वविवेकप्रकारं वक्ष्यामः|TB-2|

"we are going to talk about the methodolgy of unfolding our true nature, for those aDhikArIs who are endowed with the four-fold qualifications which will result in moksham for such mokshAm seekers..!"

Now every word and syllable in this beautiful text is explained to the student who is totally ignorant about ANYTHING, but the guru is TOTALLY capable of explaining..!! I asked SDS upon completion of this text IF TB is a complete text. SDS simply smiled and said "yes, WITHOUT ANY DOUBT, it is a complete text"I also see that this SDS community is saturated with serious seekers who have become very dear to me..!! So I am proceedinG to elaborate on the entire TB all the way to the last statement from the guru of TB. Just one observation here on my part. I found out upon listening to SD that the very first few verses of any vEdhAnthic text was quite capable of delivering the total message and the rest were a mere unfoldment of that message.. It is just like saying "I love you" and then spending a life time proving it..! May this succeed