Not the Doer – Q.338
Q: It seems like a contradiction to me to say that we are the observer and not the doer and, at the same time, suggest that we can do something such as paying attention. I encounter this “apparent...
View ArticleWhat is the point of enlightenment? – Q.339
Q: I have seen from articles and questions on your website that Brahman cannot ‘know’ or ‘do’ anything; that it (as if) acts and knows only through the body-mind of the jIva. What I would like to know...
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upadesha sAhasrI Part 11
Part 11 of the serialization of the presentation (compiled by R. B. Athreya from the lectures given by Swami Paramarthananda) of upadesha sAhasrI. This is the prakaraNa grantha which is agreed by...
View ArticleQ.401 – Who is the doer/enjoyer?
Q: Who is the doer and enjoyer of action if not brahman and ego? A (Dennis): In reality (pAramArthika viewpoint), there is no doer, enjoyer, ego or action. From the point of view of the person in the...
View Articlepratibandha-s – part 6 of 10
Read Part 5 The ‘mixture of Atman and mind’ While the body-mind remains alive (i.e. continues to be animated by Consciousness), the person is a mixture, as it were, of both. If I am enlightened, I know...
View ArticleAdvaita, Yoga Advaita and Manonigraha of Gaudapada – Part 1
Introduction – You are That/ Tat Tvam Asi One of the five great sayings (mahavakyas) of Vedanta which proclaims the highest truth of Non-Duality or Advaita is “Thou art That” – Tat Tvam Asi, occurring...
View Articlepratibandha-s – part 9 of 10
Read Part 8 Ramana Maharshi As I have pointed out earlier, most of what is referred to as Ramana’s teaching comes from recorded talks or answers that he gave to visiting seekers. Not only were those...
View ArticleIs Advaita a trap?
Yes, it is a trap for individual mind – that is, the mind that considers itself a separate and independent individual, a doer and enjoyer. After usually many years of seriously studying Advaita...
View ArticleThe Final Paradox – ahaṃ brahmāsmi
Shankara’s explanation in Bhagavad Gita bhāṣya 2.21 [Note that this is a ‘stand-alone’ article which nevertheless supplements the material asking ‘Who am I?’ in the pratibandha posts beginning...
View ArticleQ. 542 ‘Doership’ and Osho
Q: Can you explain why Osho says that Brahman is behind all worldly activities and I am that Brahman, meaning ‘I am the doer’? This means that the thief, the man who is blinded by lust, the greedy...
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