Atmānanda- Laharī

  'Mā', knowledge with a prefix of 'pra' becomes pramāna True knowledge makes one free, bestows nirvāna  Pramanā are fivefold, make things known in the drama Atmā is unavailable to these fivefold pramanā Knocking of the knower his ahankārā What your sense organs can perceive is Pratyakṣā   What you know by one step inference is Anumāna  Knowing by analogy and comparison is Upamāna  Postulations  made by multi step inference is Arthāpatti  Knowing by proof of absence is  Anupalabdhi All these fail to reveal Atmā One may not say 'I know' Atmā One may not say I don't know Atmā One may say neither I know nor I don't know That is the beauty of Atmā jñanam That which was revealed by īśvara That which is meditated in Omkara That which is told in Upaniṣads That when a Guru unfolds  Will free you from the folds. Summary of the retreat that I tweet Will remain as a treat when we read Let us enjoy this internal sweet Without a fear of meet and gree...

The one who knows the truth of supreme  Is not bound by any place or time  He has no particular way to depart  He has no bondage to free apart He does not to circle in place Because he has the inner space  He knows he is not the doer He knows he is just the actor The one who lacks inner space Runs around the world in rat race He goes through cycles of birth with desires will be born in the earth Criminals were tested in the court Polygraph test is used then in the fort Ṣankarā quotes an example of this Where hand will touch a red hot axe when an avidvān touches after command  The axe can burn criminal's hand  But when vidvān touches with inner space He has no burn and  no pain in his face Knower known knowledge One and same in this college Know the inner space  And enjoy the real peace   Swamini Svatmavidyanandaji Chandogya Upanishad  Class 58

      'I want' 'I want', 'I want'      rings in the background as Tanpurā 'I lack', 'I lack', 'I lack ' joins as melody in the symphony 'Why me', 'Why me', 'Why me' explodes as drumbeat in the band  The family tree of Jivā is rooted in Avidyā Avidya delivers the baby called Kamā Kama delivers the baby called Karmā Karma delivers the twins Pāpā and Punyā Jiva may exit through the sahasrā  that will not give him mokshā Desire is the driver for ajñāni It brings him back to samsarā Ajñāni wakes up from sleep Ajñāni is born again after death  Ajñāni comes back even after pralayā Cycle of birth and death continues forever and ever Jñani knows the truth of sadātmā Jñani knows the truth of sarvatmā Jñani knows the advitiya ekatvam Jñani rides the desire so never returns Swamini Svatmavidyanandaji Chandogya Upanishad  class 57

अइउण्  ऋलृक्  एओङ् ऐऔच्  हयवरट्  लण्  ञमङणनम्  झभञ् घढधष्  जबगडदश्  खफछठथचटतव्  कपय्   शषसर्  हल्  इति माहेश्र्वर सूत्राणि   Sage Panini heard the Maheśvara Sutras He then composed Aṣtādhyāyī sutras They are the zip files that can overwhelm us Our teachers together unfold them for us Upanishads teach us ultimate Satyā To understand it better, we need the Samskrita Vidyā With the power of Śiva and Śakti This universe comes to manifest With the power of ṣabda and arthā Samskritam becomes the best Language is made for human communication Through which possible is daily transaction Brahman is the basis for everything Brick is the basis for a building Cell is the basis for an organism Alphabet is the basis for a language Vowels and consonants woven together Nouns and verbs crowned with feathers Vibhakti and conjugations add different flavor And our teachers here are truly life savers Gender is not based on the material meaning ...

                                                          BRAHMAN BRAHMAN BRAHMAN                                               Sound is you, ear is you and hearer is you Thought is you, Mind is you and thinker is you The 'Er' is invisible and it is you The string in the melody is you Sa, Ri, Ga, Ma, Pa Da, Ni in East   Do, Re, Ni, Fa, Sol, La, Ti in West      Seven swarās strung together in melody    One consciousness recognize it steadily The connection that flows as music is You The light that illuminates the drama is You The mix up of Atmā and Anatmā is Maya The Brahman is same in every Nama and Rupa Nayyayikas are confused in non existence theory Sankhyas are lost in the becoming theory  Brah...

That resides everywhere is Atmā  That one and undivided is Atmā That everything and You is Atmā Why is there repetition about Atmā ? Relaxed mind goes off to sleep Confused mind has doubts in heap Repetition brings clarity with no trance  Repetition removes all traces of ignorance  'To exist' is constant and that begins everything  'To do', 'To enjoy' revolve around this thing The process of living has sixfold changes  The process of dying has fourfold stages First that goes is speech and expression  Next that goes is mind and obsession Then the Prana exit the body without a sound  Lastly the fire cools down without being bound  People gather around the loved one’s body People do seva while they depart this body People continue projections about death People continue inspection until last breath 'Maranakram ā'  is what Jiv ā  undergoes Satsampatikramā is what Jnāni undergoes Jivā returns back to the world to fulfill karmā Jnāni has ...

Collection  Haiku style Poems with (5 7 5) syllables             An old active world A jivā gains true knowledge  Body continues      After hitting mark  Continues to move with force A released arrow    I am not doer I am not enjoyer, 'Er' drops   That  is true freedom    God's creation is  Man's projections go away  'As though' Band-Aid is    Ignorance is dropped Doubts are cleared, knot is not there  Karmā burns away    "As though" ego is   Available for  living   Like  a burnt cloth is      'As though' Body is  'As though' mind is, 'As though' world   Jnāni lives until death     No more drama is Only Ramā, Sat chit Ānanda   Now, here, forever Swamini Svatmavidyananda Class Chandogya Upanishad  Class 55