Self Awareness Through Meditation

Author(s): Ranjitsingh Kumat
Publisher: Ranjitsingh Kumat

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Self AWARENESS THROUGH MEDITATION
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He senses the cold and hot, the pleasure and pain; He merely senses them, knows them but does not suffer them. Such an awakened person is above all enmity and free from all suffering."61
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This is truly the description of a person who has been awakened to his self through deep meditation. This type of person has fully internalized, attained self knowledge and thus knows the 'Brahma' the supreme, the Veda (the supreme wisdom) and the Dhamma (the law of nature). This is what in the meditation of Vipassana-internalize and observe the sensations arising on the body without any craving and aversion and rise above all anger and greed that pester us daily. To observe, without any attachment, the sensations arising-hot, cold, painful or pleasant—is truly Vipassana or meditation.
Let us study some more stanzas of the Aachaaraanga Sutta which clarify the real meaning of meditation and Vipassana.
“Observe the truth, do vipassana' of the self or observe the self”62.
"Tathagata (the knower of the truth) has no relation with the past, nor with the future. He, without any option, observes the present and destroys (Karma)"63.
This stanza clearly shows that the aspirant does not delve in the imaginations of the future nor regurgitates the happenings of the past. He observes, without any option, the present and the truth. One who knows the truth is Tathagata (knower of the truth-this term has been used to address Lord Buddha). He alone is the saint who observes the truth as is arising or appearing in the present moment, and gets rid of the thoughts arising from reflections and forebodings.
There are some more stanzas of chapter 3 Uddeshey 3 which are worth examining
Ka Arai? Ke Anande? Aithanpi Aggahe Chare. What grief? What pleasure? Move without grasping any one of them. Ignore them.—stanza 57
Purisa Sachchameva Samabhijaanaahi Hey man! Know the truth with equanimity.—stanza 62
Sachchasssa Aanaaye Uvatthiyese mehavee maaran taarayee One who follows the Truth, transcends the death.—stanza 63