{"id":681,"date":"2013-07-13T01:29:41","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=681"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:29:41","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:29:41","slug":"33-sadanandas-essence-of-vedanta-vol-12-the-upanishad-volume-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/01-works-of-sri-aurobindo\/01-sabcl\/12-the-upanishad-volume-12\/33-sadanandas-essence-of-vedanta-vol-12-the-upanishad-volume-12","title":{"rendered":"-33_Sadananda’s Essence of Vedanta.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
\n

\nSADANANDA’S ESSENCE OF VEDANTA<\/font><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

\n
\nINVOCATION <\/font> <\/span><\/p>\n


\nTo the Absolute<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

1. I take
\nrefuge with Him who is sheer<\/i> Existence, Intelligence and Bliss,
\nimpartible, beyond the purview of speech and mind, the Self in whom the whole
\nUniverse exists \u2014 may my desire and purpose attain fulfilment.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\nTo the Masters<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

2. After homage
\nto the Masters who in deed as well as word delight in the One<\/b> without
\nsecond and from whom the seemings of duality have passed away, I will declare
\nthe Essence of Vedanta according to my intellectual capacity.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n
\n                             
\nPRELIMINARY STATEMENT <\/font> <\/span><\/p>\n


\nThe Training of
\nthe Vedantin<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n3. By Vedanta is
\nmeant the Upanishads as authoritative basis of the philosophy and as useful
\nsupplementary inquiries the Aphoristic Books that treat of the Embodied Soul.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n4. Now since
\nVedanta is the subject of this work, its circum<\/span>stantia<\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\nPage \u2013 440<\/span><\/p>\n

\n
<\/div>\n

\u2014the conclusions sought to be
\nestablished being similar in both \u2014 are the same as those of the Vedanta and
\nneed not be separately discussed.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

5. In circumstantia we include four
\nthings, the fit hearer, the subject, the logic of relation, the object of the
\nwork.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

6. Now the fit
\nhearer of Vedanta must be one who is competent to form a right judgment of it.
\nHe must therefore have mastered by proper study of Veda and its accessory
\nsciences the entire meaning of Veda, he must in this life or another have begun
\nby abandoning forbidden actions and actions prompted by desire and then by the
\nperformance of daily observances, occasional observances, penance and adoration
\nfreed himself from all sin and stain and attained to perfect purity of the mind
\nand heart; and he must be in possession of the four Ways and Means.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

7. By actions
\nof desire is understood all ways and means by which we pursue various kinds of
\nhappiness from Paradise downward \u2014 the Jyotishtoma sacrifice for example.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

8. By forbidden
\nactions is meant all ways and means by which we compass all our ills from the
\ntorments of Hell downward, \u2014 Brahminicide for example and other sins and
\ndisobediences.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\nPage \u2013 441<\/span><\/p>\n

\n
<\/div>\n

\n <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

9. By regular
\nobservances is meant ceremonies like the evening prayer etc., the
\nnon-performance of which turns them into means of offence and stumbling-blocks.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

10.  <\/b>By
\noccasional observances is understood ceremonies circumstantial to particular
\noccasions, such as the Blessing of the New-born attendant on the birth of a son.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

11. By penances
\nis understood vows and forms of self-discipline such as the Chandrayan vow which
\nare means only<\/i> towards the purging away of sin.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

12. <\/b>By
\nadoration is understood the various forms of mental working which have for their
\nwhole subject and purpose the Eternal in His aspect as a Personal Deity \u2014
\nShandilya’s Art of Divine Love, for example.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

13. The main
\nobject of the first three, observances regular and occasional and penances, is
\nthe purification of the Under\u00adstanding; but the main object of adoration is
\nsingleness of heart and mind towards one object. This is proved by such passages
\nas these from the Revealed Scripture, "This is that Self of whom the Brahmins
\nshall seek to know by exposition of Veda and by Sacrifice shall they seek to
\nknow Him" \u2014 and by other passages from the Unrevealed Scripture such as "By
\nTapasya (energism of will) one slayeth sin."<\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\nPage \u2013 442<\/span><\/p>\n

\n
<\/div>\n

\n <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

14. A secondary
\nresult of observances regular and occasional and of adoration and worship is
\nattainment to the world of the fathers and to the world of the Living Truth. For
\nso the Scripture says, "By action the World of the Fathers is found and the
\nWorld of the Gods also."<\/span><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n15. <\/b>By
\nWays and Means we understand Discrimination of eternal objects from the
\ntransient; Disattachment from enjoyment in this world or another; Calm,
\nSelf-Conquest and the other moral excellences; and Desire of Salvation.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

16. By
\nDiscrimination of eternal objects from the transient we understand the
\ndiscernment of Brahma as the one thing eternal and of everything other than
\nBrahma as transient and perishable.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\nPage \u2013 443<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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