tman_and_moksa

SR No.: 020053
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: G N Joshi
Publisher: Gujarat University
Publication Year: 1965
Total Pages: 901
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 12 MB

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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
The Upanişads
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it holds that everything of this world is intimately connected with the Self; this world is his body and he is its inner controller or the antaryamin (अन्तर्यामिन् ). The Self is not only present in all these things but is also the agent in a person's various functions. The Maitāryaņi Upanisad says —"Assuredly, the Soul (Atman) of one's soul is called the Immortal Leader. As perceiver, thinker, goer, evacuator, begetter, doer, speaker, taster, smeller, seer, hearer and he touches the All-pervader (i.e., the Self the Ātman) has entered the body."'l Thus the real doer of actions and the enjoyer of fruits of those actions is the Self.
This Self is conscious and present not only for certain moments but is present for ever. It is the experiencer not only in the waking state, but is equally present during the states of dream and dreamless-sleep also. It is the witness of all these states but is not affected by its experiences, good or bad. The Self is supposed to have four legs-Pādas: (i) The first the state of being awake known as the
- bahiḥ prajñaḥ-in which the Self knows the objects of the external world; (ii) The second state is the dreaming state in which the Self knows the internal things, i.e., is in touch with the memory images of the dreamer. It is known as the antaḥ prajñahknowing the internal phenomena or objects; (iii) The third state is that of dreamless sleep in which the Self knows nothing and desires nothing. It is known as the Susupti. It is known as the third leg in which the Self enjoys its unified and conscious
Maitrāyani Up. 6.7. (Tr.) Hume R. E., p. 428.
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