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PRACTICE OF VEDANTA (BY SWAMI SIVANANDA)

THE DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY SWAMI SIVANANDAJI MAHARAJ

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There Is No World:- A thing which does not exist in the beginning and in the end, does not exist in the middle also. There is no pot in the beginning. When it is broken there is no pot. It is all clay. Even when you see a pot you should strongly think that there is no pot. This is the strong determination of a Viveki. Similarly there is no body in the beginning. It is all svarupa. In the end, when you become a Videhamukta, there is no body. So even when you see this body, you must think, it does not exist at all. It is all Bhranti (illusion). Thus through Yukti you can prove the Abhava (non-existence) of the world. The Goal of Life:- The Goal of Life is Self-Realisation. There is a Para (Supreme) Vastu (Reality) in the innermost recess of your heart in the Dahara-Akasa (ether of the heart). It is self- luminous (Svaprakasa). It illuminatesthe mind, Buddhi,Indriyas, the body, all objects; in short, every thing. It is described as Nirakara (formless), Nirguna (without attributes), Nishkriya (without any action), Agrahya (unknowable), Achintya (unthinkable), Alakshana (without any Lakshana), Anirdesya (indescribable). By these terms ordinary people with gross intellect, who are without Viveka and Vichara take this Supreme Being, Brahman, as Sunya(void), or a negative unreal concept, or a metaphysical. That is not the case. This Paravastu, the support and source for the Vedas, all minds, all bodies and all world is the real essence of everything. It is the ultimate reality. It is Amritam (Immortal Being) that exists in past, present and future. Without Its Presence I cannot write these lines. You cannot read these pages. You cannot comprehend these ideas. You cannot breathe. You cannot think. You cannot see, hear, taste, feel and smell. It is the Minds (Manasya manah). It is Pranasya pranah (Life of all lives)—Kena Upanishad. “Janmadyasya Yatah”—(Brahma Sutras, I.i.2). VEDANTIC PRAKRIYA:- (Categories in Vedanta) Adhyaropa—Apavada :- Just as a snake is superimposed on rope (Rajju-sarpa), silver in the mother-of-pearl (Suktika-rajata), man in the post (Sthanur manushyah),