Category: Tattva Bodha
Posts related to preliminary spiritual text “Tattva Bodha” will be covered here. This text is authored by Sankaracharya, and is generally the first text to study for spiritual knowledge. It covers basic concepts and definitions in the form of questions and answers
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एवं च वेदांन्तवाक्यैः सद्गुरुपदेशेन च सर्वेष्वपि भूतेषु येषां ब्रह्मब्द्धिरुत्पन्ना ते जीवनमुक्ताः इति अर्थः ॥ One who arrives at a firm conviction of truth – “Everything is in me; I am in everything” through experience is said to have acquired brahmabuddhi (ब्रह्मबुद्धि) and is jīvanamukta (जीवनमुक्त). Different philosophies define liberation differently. Cārvāka (चार्वाक) defines it as…
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एवं पिण्डब्रमाण्डयोरैक्यं संभूतम् ॥ Since the whole universe is originated from the single truth, there is clearly an identity of oneness within the universe. Scriptures say – yathā piṇḍe tathā brahmāṇḍe (यथा पिण्डे तथा ब्रह्माण्डे). As universe, so is an individual. Relationship between the universe (macrocosm) and an individual (microcosm) can be viewed as of…
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तत आकाशः संभूतः । आकाशाद् वायुः । वायोस्तेजः । तेजसः आपः । अद्भ्यः पृथिवी ॥ Continuing on the creation theory of universe per sāṃkhya philosophy, the five core elements are first created (in the given order) in subtle form thus named tanmātrā (तन्मात्रा). Since they are created by māyā (endowed with sattva, rajas and tamas guna), they…