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VIVEKACŪDĀMANI
by the mind alone. It is this that causes the misery of birth
etc. for the man of non-discrimination who is tainted by
rajas and tamas.
[1Superimposition-This is the favourite theme of the Vedanta
philosophy, to explain how the ever-free Self came to be bound at all.
The whole thing is a mistaken identity, a self-hypnotism, it says, and the
way out of it lies in de-hypnotising ourselves. J
अतः प्राहुर्मनोऽविद्यां पण्डितास्तत्त्वदर्शिनः ।
येनँव भ्राम्यते विश्वं वायुनेवाभ्रमण्डलम् ॥ १८० ॥
180. Hence sages who have fathomed its secret have
designated the mind as Avidyā or ignorance, by which
alone the universe is moved to and fro, like masses of
clouds by the wind.
तन्मनःशोधनं कार्यं प्रयत्नेन मुमुक्षुणा ।
ॐ विशुद्धे सति चैतस्मिन्मुक्ति: करफलायते ॥ १८१ ॥.
181. Therefore the seeker after liberation must care-
fully purify the mind. When this is purified, liberation is
as easy of access as a fruit on the palm of one's hand.
मोक्षंकसक्त्या विषयेषु रागं
निर्मूल्य संन्यस्य च सर्वकर्म ।
सच्छ्रद्धया य: श्रवणादिनिष्ठो
रज:स्वभावं स धुनोति बुद्धेः ॥ १८२ ॥
182. He who by means of one-pointed devotion to
liberation roots out the attachment to sense-objects,
renounces all actions, and with faith in the Real Brahman
VIVEKACŪDĀMANI
by the mind alone. It is this that causes the misery of birth
etc. for the man of non-discrimination who is tainted by
rajas and tamas.
[1Superimposition-This is the favourite theme of the Vedanta
philosophy, to explain how the ever-free Self came to be bound at all.
The whole thing is a mistaken identity, a self-hypnotism, it says, and the
way out of it lies in de-hypnotising ourselves. J
अतः प्राहुर्मनोऽविद्यां पण्डितास्तत्त्वदर्शिनः ।
येनँव भ्राम्यते विश्वं वायुनेवाभ्रमण्डलम् ॥ १८० ॥
180. Hence sages who have fathomed its secret have
designated the mind as Avidyā or ignorance, by which
alone the universe is moved to and fro, like masses of
clouds by the wind.
तन्मनःशोधनं कार्यं प्रयत्नेन मुमुक्षुणा ।
ॐ विशुद्धे सति चैतस्मिन्मुक्ति: करफलायते ॥ १८१ ॥.
181. Therefore the seeker after liberation must care-
fully purify the mind. When this is purified, liberation is
as easy of access as a fruit on the palm of one's hand.
मोक्षंकसक्त्या विषयेषु रागं
निर्मूल्य संन्यस्य च सर्वकर्म ।
सच्छ्रद्धया य: श्रवणादिनिष्ठो
रज:स्वभावं स धुनोति बुद्धेः ॥ १८२ ॥
182. He who by means of one-pointed devotion to
liberation roots out the attachment to sense-objects,
renounces all actions, and with faith in the Real Brahman