Vivekachudamani 354
समाधिनाविकल्पेन यदाद्वैतात्मदर्शनम् ॥ ३५४ ॥
ajñānahṛdayagrantherniḥśeṣavilayastadā |
samādhināvikalpena yadādvaitātmadarśanam ||
(Sankaracarya's Vivekachudamani 354)
When the non-dual Self is realized in nirvikalpa samadhi*, the heart‘s 'knot of ignorance'‘** is completely destroyed.
*Nirvikalpa Samadhi is attained by means of one-point absorption of the mental activity (cittavṛtti) in the Self in such a way that the distinctions (vikalpas) of the tripartite process (triputi) of the knower, known, and knowing to get dissolved.
**Heart‘s knot of ignorance: Vedic scriptures speak about chid-jadd-granthi, the knot between the sentient, the conscious (Self) and the insentient, the inert (body). Due to ignorance about our essential nature, we take the ever-luminous Self to be the insentient body. This knot is not real—thank God, otherwise there will be no way out! It is only imaginary; however, due to timeless samskaaraas (tendencies gathered over countless lives), this knot has become very strong and unties with great difficulty.
Says Goswami Tulsidaas:
Jadd-chetan granthi par jaaee,
*Nirvikalpa Samadhi is attained by means of one-point absorption of the mental activity (cittavṛtti) in the Self in such a way that the distinctions (vikalpas) of the tripartite process (triputi) of the knower, known, and knowing to get dissolved.
**Heart‘s knot of ignorance: Vedic scriptures speak about chid-jadd-granthi, the knot between the sentient, the conscious (Self) and the insentient, the inert (body). Due to ignorance about our essential nature, we take the ever-luminous Self to be the insentient body. This knot is not real—thank God, otherwise there will be no way out! It is only imaginary; however, due to timeless samskaaraas (tendencies gathered over countless lives), this knot has become very strong and unties with great difficulty.
Says Goswami Tulsidaas:
Jadd-chetan granthi par jaaee,
yadpi mrisha chuutat kathinaaee.
The knot between the conscious (Self) and the inert (body) has come about. Although ―unreal, it unties with great difficulty.
Two important verses from Gaudapada‘s Karika on Mandukyopanisad explain the alchemy of untying this knot:
Bidhtey hridyey granthi cheedantey sarva sanshaya,
The knot between the conscious (Self) and the inert (body) has come about. Although ―unreal, it unties with great difficulty.
Two important verses from Gaudapada‘s Karika on Mandukyopanisad explain the alchemy of untying this knot:
Bidhtey hridyey granthi cheedantey sarva sanshaya,
Ksheeyante chasyey karmaani tasmin drsishtey pravarae. (II.2.viii)
When a person realizes Him in both the high and the low, the knots of heart are rent asunder, doubts dispelled, and all karmas exhausted!
Anaadi mayaya supto yada jeevah prabhudhaytey;
When a person realizes Him in both the high and the low, the knots of heart are rent asunder, doubts dispelled, and all karmas exhausted!
Anaadi mayaya supto yada jeevah prabhudhaytey;
Ajamm, anidaramm, asvapannamm, advaitamm bhudhaytey tada." (I.7. xvi)
When the self, sleeping under the influence of beginningless Maya is awakened, it then realizes itself as free from sleep and dream, and as the Birthless and the Non-dual!
When the self, sleeping under the influence of beginningless Maya is awakened, it then realizes itself as free from sleep and dream, and as the Birthless and the Non-dual!
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