Vivek Chudamani

SR No.: 007022
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Chandrashekhar Bharti Swami, P Sankaranarayan
Publisher: Bharatiya Vidyabhavan
Publication Year: 1988
Total Pages: 552
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 14 MB

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ANALYSIS OF VIVEKACUDAMANI
śruti-texts from the Guru, contemplation thereon, nirvikalpa-samadhi, all preceded by the discrimination of the atman from the anatman (71-73).
IV. ĀTMĀNĀTMA-VIVECANAM:
KO'SĀVANĀTMĀ
(Fifth question)
What is this anātmā?
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Atman to be identified by negation of the anatman; the things which are the anatman:
(a) The sthula sarira (74-76)-it makes for bondage through addiction to sense-pleasures (77-82)-these pleasures should be renounced (83-84)-sthūlaśarīra not to be pandered to (85-88)—it is despicable (89)-its constituents (90)-its functioning in jägrat state (91)-not the atman being the owned like a house, not the owner (92) its characteristics (93).
(b) The sūkṣma sarira: made up of: i. the five jñānendriyas, ii. the five karmendriyas, iii. the five prāņas, iv. the five subtle elements, v. the four aspects of antaḥkaraṇa, vi. avidyā, vii. kāma and viii. karma (collectively called the puryaṣṭakam) (94-98)—also called lingasarira; effect of unquintuplated elements; carrier of vāsanās, beginningless upadhi of the atman (99)-svapna, its special condition (100) the features and functions of the sūkṣma sarira affect the body, but do not touch the atman (101-104)-how they are mistaken to be the atman (105-106)-worldly joys and sorrows to be traced to the modifications of the antaḥkarana (107)-that things are dear for the sake of the atman which is of the nature of bliss established on the basis of śruti, pratyakṣa, the declarations of the wise and inference (108-109).
(c) The karana sarira: called avyakta, the power of Isvara, beginningless avidyā made up of three guņas, inferred from its effects, the cause of the universe (110)-anirvacaniya (111)-the three gunas constituting avidya (112)-effect of rajoguņa: its power of vikṣepa prompts sāmsāric activities, makes for bondage (113-114) -effect of tamoguna: avaraṇaśakti facilitating vikṣepa (115)—its power even on the learned (116)-how these two make for bondage (117-118)-sattvaguna: the mixed and the pure (119)-the mixed sattvaguna: shorn of tamas but with a trace of rajas, its features (120) the pure sattva guņa not overlaid with rajas and tamas: its