Atma Bodha Ch 4 - Upadhis
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\nGreat human beings can communicate to us in the dreams.
\nExamples used:
\nakasha is one but is divided
\nwater is tasteless & takes on taste of anything it is in.
\nManisha Panchakam story of Sankaracharya
\n- Are the sun, space different in the street where Chandala or Brahmin lives?
\n- Five slokas - each sloka is a mahavakya and the fifth one is the summary
\nUpadhi - 'adjunct'
\n- nearby, transfer its attributes, appears to be false
\nFireball, blue cloth next to a crystal - examples of upaadhi.
\nThere is a subtle part of five elements - tanmatras.
\nUniverse is created all at once! Like in our dream world.
\nIn a split second.
\nWhich entity is experiencing the world?
\n- ego appropriates the experience; there is no experiencer!
\nIgnorance has no cause; but it has the effect - desire....
\nEgo is a thought!
\nReflected consciousness has no instruments to experience?
\nWhat happens in pralay?
\n- anshik pralay - life gets wiped out; new cabinet comes
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