Adhikarana III— The Lord is not to be meditated upon

↑

⇐ ПредыдущаяСтр 439 из 723Следующая ⇒

Adhikarana III— The Lord is not to be meditated upon

as Self in the symbols like mind, etc.

for a symbol is not God

In the Chhandogya mid the other Upanishads (Chh., III., 18. 1) it is said: Let one meditate on the Brahman as mind.

Let one meditate on the Brahman as (dwelling in the Mind and called) Mind; thin is microcosmic meditation. Next the macrocosmic: (let one meditate on) Brahman an (dwelling in Akasha and called) Akasha, the All-illumining. By this latter both meditations have been taught, the microcosmic and the macrocosmic (because the Akasha includes the Manas).

Doubt: Here arises the doubt: «Should one contemplate on Manas and the rest as Atman as one contemplates of Ishvara as Atman?»

Purvapaksha: The sentence «Mind is Brahman» shows the identity of Mind with Brahman. Consequently Mind must be contemplated as Self:

Siddhanta: This view is set aside in the next Sutra.

SUTRA IV. 1. 4.

न प्रतीके न हि सः॥४.१.४॥

na pratīke na hi saḥ ..4.1.4..

.. Na, not. … Pratike, in the symbols such as the mind, etc. . .. Na, not … Hi, because.

4. Brahman is not to be contemplated as Self in the symbols like Manas, etc., for the symbol is not God. — 485.

COMMENTARY

In symbols like mind, ether, etc., one should not put the idea of Self because a symbol can never become God. It is always the seat of God and not God. As in the Bhagavata Purana we find:

The ether, air, fire, water, and the earth as well as the celestial lights, creatures, directions, trees, rivers, and seas, all these are the body of the Lord Hari. In fact, all that exists is his body. Let him, therefore, bow down to Him alone as existing in these.

Why does the Shruti then say meditate «Brahman is Mind», meditate «Brahman is Akasha?» In these passages the nominative case must be construed in the locative. The sentence must be interpreted as «meditate Brahman is in the Mind», meditate «Brahman is in the Akasha. «

Adhikarana IV —The Lord Hari is Brahman

Познавательные статьи:



Где возникла философия и почему?

Относительная высота сжатой зоны бетона

Сущность проекции Гаусса-Крюгера и использование ее в геодезии

Тарифы на перевозку пассажиров