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Examples in Atmabodha were apt.
\\nCooking, sun/cloud, light/darkness.
\\nEverything else we do in preparation for cooking is equally important.
\\nAll the yogas have a role to play in terms of creating chitta-shuddhi.
\\nSloka 1 is summary of Sadhana Chatushtaya.
\\nTapas:
\\nChaturmasa - food control.
\\nThinking within - anything to do to restrain in the material world - japa, pranayama, value reflection
\\nTapas is the attitude with which we do.
\\nTapas & Yagya - what is the difference?
\\nYou deny yourself what you are normally used to - because of a higher knowledge driver /desires - either through restriction or extra effort.
\\nAtma - four amazing derivations of the word
\\nap - yat apnoti iti atma - that which pervades
\\nada - that which resolves itself
\\natti iti atma - that which experiences /chaitanyam
\\nsatatam asti - that which exists always is atma
\\npervader, resolver, experiencer, eternal - atma.
\\nbodha - objective knowledge of the subject.
\\nWithout a thought (vritti) in the mind, we cannot have chaitanya jnanam.
\\nAshtanga yoga steps are dos /don'ts and other preparatory steps - but does not give Atma jnanam till we have knowledge.
\\navidya - kama - karma are connected.
\\nOnly other way to get moksha (other than jnanam) is to roll the akasha like a carpet!
\\n[Svet. U]: Impossible without atma jnanam.
\\nLife is not separate from attaining moksha.....
\\nmukti, moksha, nirvana, kaivalya - four stages
\\nAdi Sankara's five cardinal principles:
\\n1. permanent happiness with lasting peace can happen ONLY through moksha
\\n2. moksha can ONLY be through spiritual knowledge
\\n3. spiritual knowledge (atma jnanam) ONLY through Systematic learning
\\n4. Systematic learning is ONLY with a pure mind
\\n5. To get pure mind has several paths - charity, iswara dhyanam, pranayama, karma yoga, bhakti etc.
\\nMost of the work to be done is in step 5 - to purify the mind. Most of the humanity is at either step 5 or below step 5 - trying to get to step 5.
\\nYagya, daana, tapah are never to be given up.
\\nkeep saying GITA fast....it comes to TA GI....TYAGI - renouncer of desires.
\\nWho is a tyagi?
\\nvritti vyapti /phala vyapti - mind takes the shape of the object/ what is there has to be illumined by the light source.
\\nphala vyapti is not required for realizing brahman.
\\nGanga (knowledge), Yamuna (Bhakti) will merge to Saraswati (underground - enveloping both).
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