Who Am I? (NAN YAR?):-As all living beings desire to be happy always, without misery, as in the case of everyone there is observed supreme love for one’s self, & as happiness alone for love, in order to gain that happiness which is one’s nature & which is experienced in the state of deep sleep where there in on mind, one should know one’s self. Foe that, the path of knowledge, the inquiry of the form “Who am I?,” is the principal means. 1. WHO AM I? The gross body, which is composed of the seven humors (dhatus), I am not; the five cognitive sense organs, i.e., the senese of hearing, touch, sight, & smell, which apprehend their respective objects, i.e., sound, touch, color, taste, & odor, I am not; the five conative sense organs, i.e., the organs of speech, locomotion, grasping, excretion, & procreation, which have as their reapective functions speaking, moving, grasping, excreting, & enjoying, I am not; the five vital airs, prana, etc., which perform respectively the five functions of in-breathing, etc., I am not; even the mimd which thinks, I am not; the nescience too, which endowed only with the residual impressions of objects, & in which there are no objects & no functions, I am not. 2. If I am none of these, then who am I? After negating all of the above-mentioned as “not this, not this,” that Awareness which alone remains—that I am. 3. What is the nature of Awareness? The nature of Awareness is existence-consciousness-bliss. 4. When will the realization of the Self be gained? When the world which is what-is-seen has been removed , there will be realization of the self , which is the seer. 5. Will there not be realization of the self even while the world is there (taken as real)? 6. Why? The seer and the object seen are like the rope and the snake. Just as the knowledge of the rope which is the substrate will not arise unless the false knowledge of the illusory serpent goes, so the realization of the self which is substrate will not be gained unless the belief that the world is real is removed. INSTRUCTION***** (UPADESA)************************************* 1. What are the marks of a real teacher (sadguru)? Steady abidance in the Self, looking at all with an equal eye, unshakable courage at all time, in all places & circumstances, etc. 2. What are the marks of an earnest disciple (sadsisya)? An intense longing for the removal of sorrow & attainment of joy, & an intense aversion for all kinds of mundane pleasure. 3. What are the characteristics of instruction (upadesa)? The word upadesa means “near the place or seat” (upa, near; desa, place or seat). The Guru, who is the embodiment of that which is indicated by the terms sat,chit & ananda (existence, consciousness & bliss), prevents the disciple who, on account of his acceptance of the forms of the objects of the senses, has swerved from his true state & is consequently distressed & buffeted by joys & sorrows, from continuing so & establishes him in his own real nature without differentiation.