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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VIVEKACŪDĀMAŅI
Nature of Brahman reiterated (394-395)-the manner of Brahmanişthā (396-399)-negation of difference in nirviśesa Brahman (400-405)-śruti declares it and sușupti confirms it (406)-proved by yukti: äropya not different from adhisthāna (407)—the bhrānti of difference is mind-born; hence need to liquidate the mind (408).
Brahmānubhava in samadhi (409-411)-its effect: no more contact with samsāra (412-415)-experience of pure bliss (416)--no body-consciousness (417-418)—this is the condition of the yogi who is a jivanmukta (419).
The relation of vairāgya, bodha and uparati assessed (420)their respective fruits (421-424)—the signs of fulfilment of vairāgya, bodha and uparati (425).
XI. JĪVANMUKTI
The jñāni and his incomparable bliss (426)—the mark of a jīvanmukta (427-442)—no more involvement in samsāra for him; if it persisted, one is not a Brahmavit (443)—any semblance of bondage disappears before Brahmajñāna (444-445).
The effect of karmas on a jīvanmukta: any external awareness by him due to prārabdha-karma (446); experience of pleasure and pain indicates fruition of previous karma (447)-sañcita-karma melts away by Brahmajñāna like actions in a dream (448-449)-bhāvikarmas do not touch him who knows he is an akartā (450-451) karma which has begun to bear fruit before the dawn of Brahmajñāna does not wear out without fulfilment (452-453)-summary statement of the effect of the three kinds of karmas; but these three karmas do not at all affect those who are steeped in Brahmānubhava (454-458)—really there is no connection between the prārabdha and the ātman (459-462)—the śruti speaks of prārabdha only to explain why the jīvanmukta still lives in the world (463)—the reference to the body is only from a vyāvahārika point of view and not from the pāramārthika standpoint (464)-Brahman is non-dual; there is no plurality in it (465-471)—this truth realised by the great yatis who enjoy the supreme peace (472).
XII. FINAL UPADESA Promise made in sloka 45 to lead the sisya along the ancient path to liberation recalled and instruction to him to pursue it (473-474)—the criteria for ātmadarśana; śruti, yukti, upadeśa and