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Jayanth Chandramouli
May 28, 2016 11:17 AM

Thank you Guruji got it. It is just that we have to understand that mind, buddhi, body etc are not Brahman. But to experience the same we need buddhi and mind

MANBLUNDER
May 28, 2016 10:48 AM

We need buddhi and mind to exist. Even realization happens only with the help of these two. When do we realize Brahman? Only when the mind is purified, we realize Brahman. Negation here means that buddhi is not Brahman as it reflects the Self-illumination of Brahman. Buddhi is negated as not Brahman and contextually it has to be understood this way only. You see a light. Can you see the light without your mind? Similarly, we need mind to realize Brahman, but the mind has to be pure, without any impressions. There is no contradiction here. Mind and buddhi are not Brahman and we can realize Brahman with purest mind and buddhi.

Jayanth Chandramouli
May 28, 2016 10:41 AM

What do you mean by buddhi is negated as Brahman?When buddhi is gone how can we realise self?Do you mean to say that mind and buddhi is required to experience Self But Self is without this two, doesn't this contradict each other as buddhi and mind has to be negated to experience Self?

MANBLUNDER
May 28, 2016 10:28 AM

Buddhi is negated as Brahman. Shining Self cannot be seen with biological eyes, but through spiritual eye, which comprises of mind and intellect. Brahman can be realized with the help of our antaḥkaraṇa (mind, intellect and ego). Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad says, "neti, neti" (not this, not this). Everything is negated and what finally remains is the Self. You go to a temple. You go through so many roundabouts. You pass through various deities and finally reach the presiding deity. Similarly, our antaḥkaraṇa negates what is not Brahman. When everything is negated, we understand "Truth of Truth" is Brahman, which is within us and there is no need to seek It outside our body. When practice higher meditations, you will see light first and as you progress, this light will disappear. Light is also an attribute. When this attribute also disappears, you realize "Pure Brahman" (Nirguṇa Brahman).

Jayanth Chandramouli
May 27, 2016 10:30 PM

When pancha kosha is negated doesn't buddhi also get negated, hence how do we know the shining self through buddhi when it has been negated? So in same lines with the student, we see/experience only void? But who is experiencing the void here as there exists nothing and the person experiencing this, also will not exist as all the sheaths are negate? Is this void illuminating or void of darkness? as you say that Self is ever shining then does it shine and become void?

MANBLUNDER
May 27, 2016 06:36 PM

Of course one has to chant all the 1000 names. There is no short cut in getting Her Grace.

AJ Christopher
May 27, 2016 04:43 PM

Oh ok since Lalita sahasranama can be chanted by anyone, does one have to chant all 1000 names, or certain names for particular desires in one's life?

MANBLUNDER
May 27, 2016 01:46 PM

Yes, perfect. Subsequent articles will dwell on this further.

Jayanth Chandramouli
May 27, 2016 01:31 PM

So if Self is like sun, the energy coming out of Sun because of its shine is Maya which acts along with buddhi to create action? So understand that Sun is the cause of all and not the energy that is created by its shine or any other thing?Sorry to ask so many questions 

MANBLUNDER
May 27, 2016 01:11 PM

Following text from Kaṭha Upaniṣad will explain this further. Māyā is the active principle of Brahman. Nothing can happen without māyā, as it is nothing but the Power of Brahman. Brahman is hidden in all beings. The first action begins at buddhi. Mind is superior to sense objects. Buddhi is superior is mind and Brahman is superior to everything. Brahman does not act on His own. He always remains only as a witness. It is because of the sun we get rain, but sun always remains the same. Similarly, Brahman is always the same, but everything originates from Him, but not directly. The first action begins at buddhi in association with māyā. Self is beyond speech and thought; eyes cannot see It.

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