Book Title: Vivek Chudamani
Author(s): Shankaracharya, Madhavanand Swami
Publisher: Advaita Ashram

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________________ 230 VIVEKACHUDAMANI 2Posture-which is an important thing with beginners. 'Asana' also means seat '. 3 Direction-facing North or East. Moral disciplines-The Yama and Niyama observances mentioned in Ashtânga Yoga. 5Objects of meditation-gross or fine. ] acìsufafa fang faun: gìsædeuà | fear naturgoget afenrenfa qardaft: 11 430 || 530. To know that this is a jar, what condition, forsooth, is necessary except that the means of knowledge' be free from defect, which alone ensures a cognition of the object? [ 'Means of knowledge-e. g., the eye in the case of vision, and so on. ] अयमात्मा नित्यसिद्धः प्रमाणे सति भासते । a è̟xi and at the a gfei aradarà 11 433 ||| 531. So this Atman, which is an eternal verity, manifests Itself as soon as the right means' of knowledge is present, and does not depend upon either place, or time, or (internal) purity. [ 'Means &c.-Realisation (Aparokshanubhuti) to which direct perception, inference, etc., are subordinate aids. ] a http://www.Apni Hindi.com

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