The dactrlms of
$8
t
tho c ~ n t m gl r i n d p l ~in the
~ t l o a i t sphih:aop& nnii i t 4a tho rgwt fufi3nmentol aleo, far, i t
-i a through this ?rincij?lu of
thq:t Atlvaltina rolra the aga.
aZt7 p r o l ~ l ~ of
fn
O ~ Rsnlity,
B
a p g ~ a ~ i nne
@ ~?8ny, The oriur o f the
pr6blop?jfor 4dmitn gbilfnmhr fo, han thr: Onu Reality, nnllmulg,
-
BraMan or htnan, f i m ~ ~ ~aoa ~many,
e
In this ahripter rre ehalZ sao
hoi'l i t i s ~'oTvacilry thu lrctonf tina through Lha concept of
The
ta
R
r ~ ~ a l i hns
t g ~1!:~tt78
!*en a puazling prablea
otrKTent of philatrqhy, f a r i t i a a l n a p etlrronvxZea with
mptury,
In
llatclre o f
'':&oh echool of thnttght ha8 d l f f e ~ ~from
d tha othsrp
i t s ~anoeptiono f ~ u i x l i t ytin
a o c o ~ l ~ n cnel t h
i t 8 ~ l d m~
n didsall
Pwhavia i t i o dnu t o i t s i~Meti.rtatwctnwl inilotlnnblsf n2tnrr
that rc~Iityhe b~~een
rlewsd in clilfarcnt iynga with d l f f ~ r . ~ n t.
sance:ttions,
acing
But this qneat after trk~thar niality has bwn
on frm tf.::o imemariaf aotaltetl by a spirit o f sdvonturs
which ha8 oneblsd man t o diaoovcl: grant; truths bath in thr
asterns1 rrorld &nil in thu intarnal fi?!ture o f man,
H m n inEe21uat h e ,
N,
clotzbt, uf.:ba~&edecgM sit h i n %ha
cnpirleal rrpIlarel bat f t ~snnatgo b a p & datain linita, beyon9
tlmd, Bpd60$
~ ~ l l ~ @ t i OIt
n *appjar8 t o
abnqner eotirflhing a& bucome
tha
t h ~ ht)
t
EB~I
mator a l th9 nnirerse by bts
rnpuriar intellsetaal poreti bat before hs, baa aana a ten steps in
Ma qudet ilw knods8,rci h~ finAn a @$at obata61@, ahSah be i a
canfiwd t~ tM
irnsblc t o ~ a m f i V ~ r A l l his nark i e rt?~llp
Rgh~gohapnd R M Q ~ finds hiiasdzr
probl,gm alnfah oonSrant
~ t ~ l bt~
~ f POO
i OW^*
nrrrorr
TM
Mn i n hle l i f o alten sa
bia for thr ainplr rdaran that bm c a m t $a krad lib prsrfnor
8f hie inreklootc Th* hmm intrllrgt o~ninn&
empiric~lephere 8j.thont t h ~ jeid :I the divine l i n h t a f intllltlan,
For exasrglc;,
18,
y t i e u t i o n ~l i k ~hocl
or r!hy the ~ o r l denmrr t o iw, &at it
whet i u it&tonl, ~nnnotbu a~daorud~ ~ t i ~ f a ~ t afop
r f ltfY
y
rensan th:i% i t 6 oxtsrtml rie1.v a& paoped by our sanao 3oroegtiorY
i e ?lot thd total
rid@,
Lhl.t car waking
cloc~not include the
okhur @tatw@
o f th, ecul (drinm m ~ dd ~ e pnleep) a ~ %h&t
l
the in.
tellact eonfine!, rs for @o:r a i t h i n t h u limits of tiad, agaoa, and
a n l ~ ~ a t l o nthough
,
aa rattonal bein*,
tbm.
\I we ere already aboro
ne thinf,
Hence no e ~ p l s n a t i b nfrom t h e experienoe of ow flelrin~1 i 1 ~
can trsn!3c:~cemlor incl~~cle
t h e arunt truths t h n t i f e
l i f e , a t the batk o f all phanotn;.ne.
p ~ o r i n c oo f hnman intttllrct,
t o the himan mirul.
In order
a t thtr back o f
S~tchtrnthsi are beyoionn ths
Th~gare o t i l l a m;rst~Pyand paralalo
An axplanation of tLse tratha
t a ~ d r ~ e t a rthe
r l r ~ a meaning
l
af
OF
c
an itdcr.
C
ant1 i t 8
etgnilicanao, i t i s wceeenry t a give a briuf eeaolnt a f tho hi@*
eeT h i s will
torical darelapP.lentof' the mennin~o f t h r l v o ~ i l
anablo no t o get a clear imiw in%othe doatpin@ o f
slndge
heen r pugate ae nrtll ae a subject for deep e t ~ d yta at~asntr
of g h i l a e ~ p b ~
a h a l l t ~ a c ethe dsrolopnant 01 the nard
f~asthe time o f ttre
{loan t o the
I
tims,
at 3akara @hen thr
Them are a l t o & t h ~ f een~cltr~fitct
hpns
finrrhtch tha vor8 appears in itasimpla
~~D~~Sh~#tri,
p*7,
in the
a8 ~oarpaundfom,
a$ thesle, t h i ~ t y - f i r eare addreeee4 t o
Iq
whioh hs
Lttmss
Oat
1 eight t o hpni,''
~a Co.,
London, 1911,
Acoardinr: t o tho arant comment &tor~ i y a n a ,
rmat camman nruanin!;~ :asai~nidt o the r
t h o trio
P I I ~parnllul. aom~timutr,
that 3 i r n n ~i o
-
-
tlbt
in moot caoes t h ~\.ioi~l
d i 2 i n i t e n i t h re-am1 t o tho meanin8 o f the
nntl oo ha l a ~ t r ~the
s
n@rQ
~iarlurt o make hie onn chaioe, E
: 'Po~er or @mentalenorgy1 (tlte.ra1Ty fkm~Xed;ufl)
-
and rleac~tion(
rthcana) arc the two chid" m~eninge
$k in the
seaigned t o the i?arcl
'nz'hrsavresre~Lha
wart1 i a t~aedin thc senee o f 'poni.r4 the irlea a t mgatdry i s
alvo ~ a s o e i a t e dilith it, lor @porerahere adam mantsl enerw
or n i l 1 rhich may oftan b~ my&t-riouo, 3
Far inrrtancr;, Ialra
i s at~pspoeed t a hnrc aeetrnact diffrrrqnt forms through
r
Vedic
-~ - litiirst;rtro pnta it, IEnrlra through his
-
,
fa~m,l'
Here the ~ o n Z
magic# g 5
?huu as
..
""
a.Thn
aaotmed vnr i 0118
5a aaed in t h o same o f swe
i e ca2able of asslvning v&riolzs forms b
l a F:*~qno?tlyr ~ f e r r d$0
38
-
i n P ~ d f ohpm,
As thio
m;%t#rioue I?OJ~?Fo f nennmlnr: 'larions f am8 if!!
beyoM t k comprs~
howion of o ~ l k n a r yh1m.n intellect, i t l e nlea knoan ee fittoaption,
qhe tco :aide
r r ~ ~ l int~rp1n~tmte
ly
oech 6 t h : ~ao m~rchso thrlt
s;! cnn h:.rt119 sp:,rrlr o f nny rt.sl fitatination bs9.~@en
tha tro,
dove not acarlp eo frvq~entlyin the
~ n r lthu
wii t
$hr: chirf
the ivortt
sgi~c@
of
&yi
r l o ~ t l80 i n t h c
tho^^ two
m.
uhlah i e said t o be
In th@
acollrk only owe, the rneanln~o f the wrd ar
*#P@
myc.tur*io~uror 'the m6bgicnl element o f the vposar* agoken of in
% hc
I s %are emnhneieetl nncl thtlri! hardly asume sny scapr
for clottbting the n~itnina.4 Q
hccordingq(lt t o S r ~ m Vivukannn(ls,
l
t h waning
~
o f the
.
I
L
ward
ha0 o l i g h t l y ch~ngedin Chs evalution of fmlian t h o l ~ l ~ hft~ a r
the
timcn t o thu
G:!; thnt
i a taunil tn the
p
ysti.$p %$i&mm
Jiteratnre i s tn ths
~onrteof dulueien, still lator
@ens@ of megic,
RB
we
'Pndra throt~ghhie -
WB
firul the saril
C
I
t~llred lrcl Bhaa
~lraeclyseen, in saoh paseegde ae,
~RIQ
.
I
Phti oldeat $<lqaa i
i
aaatmcd rnrlaao tom,
Thu wo&
I
-
then d ~ o p p oat
~ l o f ufght ~ l t o g ~ t h though
~ r , ~ t h u idee wse dsrelap,
I
ing i n t h c nuanti@@, Latap, t h li'ofil
~
L
o f mial, t h o t r ~ hthe WOM
IBecnune
-
- 2a rtaed in dh@ 8 8 ~ 6
l a not uen& ~atuallg, Foc inetanos,
t a l k 5n r ~ i n ,R ~
hhocaitse
I
WI
.war@ o a t i s t i ~ 4 lwith tho
thlws oE thr: a ~ m e ,and hecrrnee wa are rnnning a f t e r d e d i r ~ ~ ,
t h e ~ ~ t o p i iwii,
, ~s f t ruse,
oovur tha ReeZitynith a m i ~ t , $ ~Her%
I.c
I
88i1oh 13t~rwe fend thc n a ~ gay&
l
resppesrin:: i n a later
For thu tirirt tim
sicr, tho
a transfarrnetlon hae telron plscrl i n the n o ~ d
waning attaahdi t o Oht nc)M itaezf,
mthe~~ie~l
had
r i t h Nature anrl i s thna airen r rpsn meaning.
m
- t o @om@ extent,
k e n propaandad
bdsme fWedr
rnrl riipe~taduntil a t lee%the idln a f
ass4 thc thaory o l
srft!~a narr
Thrs
The Buddhirts alra
But in tk Eeharda o f t h t
B1148hlste i t 'beomc alwost 21ka nhat i a ham sa idealisa and
the m.:aninp, not7 'rasunll; a i o ~ nt o t hc word
-
1
Thc main r;:sson for t h i e in%?tcpgr~tntion
of the cneeniw o f the
nord
thst there riae
19
knstm as
R
i
i a in t h a t @#ma,
spotion o f BixIdhi.:ti~ phi108aph~ril
1
1
j
1
1
(nnhj~otiro itlealists) who d i d not beli~trs ;
4
in titg$ @ % t e ~ t livorld
al
ilt
r a t i o n that the world
d;s
ellr
Thlt i s why, t h e AtIvaltin*s daala,
t o n r a n ~ l yCnlren t o meon t b ~ tthe
vior3d in an i l 3 ~ 3 s h n ,
:'b tpia~tixrc::
*ttr?!,t:;hi;:
;!
1
I
lv~nt
I
- hne
hecn aaud $n various trap
nntil n t Ln~ctsa comu t o t h z m ~ n i8&Briic5Py&,
t
rrhen tha m~aning
Q
o f $!fie aa~111
1L
." thnsi
-
wapao fixed,
i n k a r a hnu ex?laint?d nhnt he maam
'Thd potential g o r r r ctf thil sea4 l e
af the nature
transnrf~rotinp;jioo-ac.lfa, aneaeru o f t h i r own true n n t a ~ e
Semi Vilrdlcamncln daolarcae t h ~ t
oontinr~gsLo allrmt~uron,
/'
I
-
&ahit-ragsPIGW
ofi e fa stati?rnclnt of thc faat o f thf r rni~opee,
of bow i t is wing an,tL1 TheruPore,
form, i a noither a wgfe
& i t s i t s last
dsveloped
nor mist nar myeteryi ruith~ran llluaion
nor delusion, withitr i d ~ a i i s r nnor rueliem nor ang other klM1 o f
th#org@ IC i e a eimple statement o f f a a t r o f what ve we a&
a theory far the explanation af the world4 but It i s only a ststel
merit o f r n ~ t r k8s they oxtrjt,
It i s the
o f nature, o f thr
nniruroo nibioh we Bas mourn1 rm, anil o f how i t
o f han
or ai&
it is
eo,
i8
aging
Nor ean re rrcsn &m#pit,
an,
as i t i a
It is d i f f i c u l t t o (2xqlsin what uxcrctlg thc nature o f
$8,
It 18 ni.ith-P oxigtenc;: nor n ~ n - ~ ~ x f o t r j ~ r 80
, it
C
-
08%
w t bu explained, ao L3nsani Virt.kervmnc1~pointo ct~t, II~~WFRMB
ar
PQEB9,
'*
ax7roogcs the
'33 k?a~?lrarn
::nag iAoe I P ~ he
Q ~daclarss that,
!$ttst no tht: ~3611~13
thnt aanrrael thb strn a?.: pro<lmcud tm41 manilorrtsd
11y tht.
r a p nf the st~n, ~lmiln.rly,ignaranctt corgra t h c S e l I thowh
con@c~led,fronit,
) of
~ E Itonn~ntudby
tha p r a j ~ o t l wpovrer
ismrenae,
Thevs two powers nruaely* { T ~ P P ~ Bam1
v
ars the eausaa
of manbe balegu n i t h tho r o a t ~ l tthat ha filentffiee the baa7
nith thtt Yulf ant1 h ~ n o eaaMers from on@ !]oily t o mothor.L-4
i e clef f ned ee neither existoma,
nor non-sxia tenas,
1%irr not g ~ l s t e r ~ ab, e d a ~ ~the
~ e A b e ~ l t ~ tslow
e
ir onfetcance, the
I)
Onehangeable, and tn thia sense
C)
i s wn-oxiutuno~.
Aeain,
it
l e not non-exlstenee, for, i t prad~ocrsthc ph~nomenon* So i t II
n u i t h ~ rt~ #aid t o ba & (exletcincd) nor
& (mrrcaxlstclnt) uu9
i t lacta, but C ~ ~ t oL an
I QRII tlre mamcnt the Trnth (oiz.,
th~t
Brnkinen if:
ti?, only c n ~renlity f i s rcaliaed, 16
Fhercfore, thtl reel
nlvulPl
cattoa
of the unirurse i e
mat. nnil form t o ~ h e ti s bnaiealllly Brahmeh
ept20ers t a b~ trnnuforaed into st1 thcuu VaPlolrs
A d
name8
Brahman
f~mr
anfl
am? tb diftorenoc! ltoa only f n the decl;rce o f rnmifsefatfon a t the
df
i
dQB/B, &
time, s& c a r g ~ t i o n ) l
t h ~ !t b ~ ie d ~ ~ ~ l ,
B r a h ~ n nonly thi%n@hname nril' lam,
(ttpn~d~
i
811%Bn~miVlvel:~~nr\a
sap
1
i
f h t i t is d i f f i c t ~ l t o sopar~teRuslity
fpan!
ather things,
Far
1
f netonce, ne o:~n nor~rsee name or Parrn or caarres nhlah arsdte
dlr~rsitystanding by t h ~ m a c ? l v ~rrg~rt
a ~ from t h ~ lt h i n g ,
Sc
u
CNs nRma, fu'orm, anil cn~sttor time, apace, srrl cstraation, or
htfl no ssgarRta existonce from thr t h t ? i'taulf
~
or rdallfrh
Yo,
&en the Ram ~ n dfom rranieh the a?na tannot be disGinnuiehrd
&om the ocean which i s its sa\u?aal eidlllrly th gltt.rralftg o$
b a i r ~ tgarnot
~
& distinmtishe(l iron Brahman nblah i s thsir aowar
nfaafi t h ~ i pmmtl~mtl f O~RIC)raniah,
1
~ a h k e ~angreeusle
a
tb earns ideas when hor obeertea, @Iti8
.
8clalarrtl by both the sczipturee and thu
a that the name# anO
0
fmw i l h l ~ h83.8 l ~ a i n ~thm?l@b
~ d ~gseiencr)anil n h i ~ hspa
a8
i
it rerr
t h Saff
~ o$ the omniraicnt Lo& and about Rhich it ir llpoariblr b
3%
ucy d i t h ~ tli;:,t
r
thug' nru oi?c i i i t h or t h p t they are d i f f d r u n t ffoa
Bpt!h!aan
:in(L
which ero the aecdu of t hi& u ntirt. e x p nse
~ of
trnnoniWntQry c:~int.:nc.::r, nk8:! tha I l l u ( ; o ~ ?~
atGI not tk; r ~ n l i t yb4hin<! i t ,
anii
u d ~ oth..
O W n
~ fL t h
~d
LBKI,
Bat i~hmo n ~g o ~ sb u y o a
*
tl@
LI)
r c ~ l l t ghuhind it, t h ~ ntllr ~i:iholush~nomkinnlworld
ortnichL.e for bin.
Inc: ao, i t I:! %hie
- rr~cnrdingt a
w!,
m
Y i vvl:nn.cntlffd, shioh rnnl~~:!; t h o d i f forf:nc;?
!!t: t~ie:enono
man
Ssmi
OK\
Y
In fact, i t t:r th.: o:?nn!,: l f t h h~t : l ~ nh-in; id~nttfitpa
men,
throush rwrm
@fit1 tom,
EF nnn.: ant; farq
a l l tMe vrtriety v?niahda far evidr,
Rrd
rcmaved frarrl them,
they bacom4 rb2t they
/
real i t g in uv~rgth i n ~ .tL1
rhen
hfd
The omm;t k l s a i s ex!,rdetled by 3a6lra~s
forms, \ ~ h i c hoam?p$se the
obaeraes that t h o nrimcra
phenmttnnl rmrltl, mi- the arantfon, o f
& arw? hence blow
t o t h g ndj~mctaof the Sclf am1 not t o t h SslP
~
tmoae ~ P X I Q
mbwa
Srsami ttivrl.~nai~dn,i u thnt it i e
R
p ~ t ~ t p OE
l e~ ~ n t P ~ l f o t i ~ %
8n~mfji4eaZ:iruo t h a t ae t& trlorld exiuts only in ralntion t o
a axtitre of rxitrtunde awl nontcrxitrtttnoe. E r z n t k o f ollr b~ln:: 13 c o n t r ~ d i c t i ~ nfor
, i$her~vdrthupc
$4
mu&% 3w: oval ?la,?, vi:ih~:rdr.:rth,.ro i u lift td4+tthnast
arni l e a
itti+G ~I:I;~o?,
uiiocv,jr
we h ; ~ ut o
171 l l hq,s,: t o rret?q.
perf brisia
,7096, thars
rollor as,
Thtls, drrerg\vh~ro,
'IWOY ~ ~ I F I ) ~S Ik iR&~ g~efi*boont:9:i!lr.tion
i a Xifa.
Them
2% ~ ~ s . ; m
the%
s isan can m
Im
a
a
i s t h l u eantr;!;iiction ia ia20;dldili;ur
qfg$ytilbn~, i f izz only aqntu t o f:no\.r, bum:ZI~.L'QP.: h~ h m Gcnr a
fb-;vi uts,.~o, kij f inil:$ an ~ c l ~ r n ~ n t i n~isiell
c i ~ hch
i he cnnnal, pass.
Thr! ~ j r o b l ~ r ~linl.l;h
jo
him on
.tcx
n*:gzcut arxl ~ l ~ f i r e toct him am ingirrllihg
:?~ac:11Llm % l n j p ond nl r;h$ for a
uoltltf on kmt h.: cannot
solvt: Ch;?m, bo?nme h.: $finnot; qo l~~yontl
hio tntkllaet.
Th~wf o t h i o
contcncliction i n ,sr intall-ct, in om
1tnowl;tl~~avrl in a l t t h E
~ r t c t ~of' oar l i f e ,
Far inotnneri, @hen
a rclE~r!ldrt~trl~ii
t o ~i~tnz3;r
t h e ooilo t h a t nrd e x i a t i n ~in
1
nation,
30 alas,
0
ntmI11~~
o f o t h e r uvils nriaa in anntt:or plnca.
Oertain
tht: k n ~ f l c b g ~of? h n ~ i n ~ S~inze
s8
the knonludzc o f rmhappineas,
In th;: rtn?le vng,
thotiqh i t sez%s thnt
mn cnn know ovrrrything, his ;
knowlc:i,y l e c3nflnecI in a l i m i t e d circle, beyond r h i o h ha osnnot
go, h;c*qkl:~e ha i s mahle t o go buy~mlhitl intell@@%,Th&#
eocarc15ng t o Snmi Vlvzksnfl~la, i e r n brief crxprersion o f our
mperlcno~in l i f e , r ~ i t hcnntrsliotian
8s i t 8
basto prfnciplr,
Tho ~ o a lassan
t
Lhs.t rn h ~ v et a lesrn horn thir prlnoiglr
ad"
- .. i s tho t goad and bkid are not t r o separate rntitlee bat
80
$hay rrc RiPferent m ~ n i f ~ s t r l t i a n s one %fie1 thtl rwao thing,
gui;Btrt *he n a t t ~ ~ aqttristian
t
tlaan will be that, i f aanoh be
a l l cf
fk0
>Q:.
:?hi1 j::o?hiut;
doii3::
Qf:98?
znd rkli:,ioa&) :!rrl ;tBorl: 111, iihnt
t~t3ocl iier!:?
'l!ie nnevldr is t h n t
'in 1%;:trtu cenaLle, sill serv-.
intuL1-ct, thc imr,inqtinn
sc
if t~lrrn
l h l b , a t purqoce a t
tkd
$3
van.
trl*,
z ~ i lthr: cill ~.;hlchare linton2 I t s
i n a a l u a b l ~b o ~ n n:i~ t h - qrnper training o f them r i l l enable urr
t o trfini:ct!rsl aerp l i n i t n t i c n s nml r ~ n l l r j dt h e r,alitg iiitbin, the
aomu in or^
Thilr~for* thc onil u e u f t ~ lc o n ~ r i b u t i o nmads
gmteot,
b j Qclsmfji t o th; doctrini: o f
rr
r.
i s , that, it i e a b ~ n ~ f i o C n t
Wtelrerurn&n, i a t h s t i t l u sllwp~mveato@
anil r~orkse t ~ r p h s r a
pat*
fAea ee P a r as go11 o e m
~ a k~~thdm hisbsr and high*,
WQ rrrflhiea
thia
-
-..
a&IZ
It oanwt 1% ~th#rslosa n thr *hala of
lcL
Rman ltnowldrrj la g#wrlrlisa;lon oE thlo
-
tcglw te knaa it
ns i t apnppdlrs t o b ~ , 'Phi .; i a t k ~ ~;::ork
.
of
F
-
Everythin3 th.qf h4,s $ 0 ~ 2 , ovvr;pthin:!
*c
na~1rfid
am!
t h ~ ct a l l s np an
'Xu t t ~ r ua ijdin!: ls;.oi~fi
: i l l thrr~ornnnifg~tntiowci'
phioh i s
sit,~sri:irt o RMI i n J ~ ~ ~ l 3 4o~f ~ f i t and i f ~o r l r ~ ti a i t s nntw?eTf
'fhs tlnnrj$p i s t h q t t h ~ r i :i; s !,uing s t t b ~ ; r o ~s il l tb,su inanifulatr-
bod4 asscu4tlontk~-.%
-5
-
i a a l l altimat~lynnrt.81, that this iiit
I>t~t~ l ~ ? ncfth
r : i t thl$rc i s the most hopcfal sesertf an t h a t
a
thvru i s
hagonrl
8 P~RP bttt.
The Aa~CrlnenP
grest relicf C b th08a r h o ere afflict&, aha
nor hwe i n Gh~mealrtisar n) srtyehfw ulecl,
fi ,:iveli
~ R F ;n
~ther
l
idlith
boafitlala t o
such mn 1%
i:nsmijl hsa e m l ~ i n d d%hei m ? I l c e t l o ~a l tha doctrine o f
in hie
fl@8 h 0 I
luctztpe an
b n t h Al~solntr
~
bu00ne8 thc' ~nfrurse, Hu ehom how %ha Abaola$r
bzcomclj tlxt un$o~mttt&ongh
beoome t h Wrsrse*
~
Na ssp: cThe lbrolnte
Ru
Bg this i t i s nat only meant thr m t a ~ i a
@l@gpt h a t
aceonling t o hclo~ite, thg Abaoiute
@ ~ i f ~ i fitscjxf
~ ~ ~at8
i nmov,
l:
throlUJh the
on @fitl h ~ n c ei t
tiara, apno~, and
of
*
a p p u s ~ ssrrl~ming&yo ~ p yconyincgng to be-
l i e ~ ~ there We two, n?mtil;r, the A b s ~ l g t a~ n f i
tat,?% !?f timo, apace, nnd cr!tsatlon.
qhiah i s 4
Ta this, t h e Advaik$fiqd
a$?ss@kl
$8 thast t h ~ r ecannot be two.
Swami Viv~kanendeexplainr
1%thus:
I
1
Zn o r 8 2 ~t a ha?^ tno, tkrreat~atbu a t lewut two
deprtnnirl* @xi;$ ~ n c a sr h i c h c ~ n ba~ ofi1??ns@(ir
t
Bttk
the,apacck,
For exempis,
&nil anlrnntf on nra ??ot intlqemldnt axlotamus.
as laornew
t 2 m ~ahnns~loaacortllny! to th:: conclftibns a f the nimt ae
t i m ~ ean:,~.rionc~
In our
our aiM.
Sc n 3 ~ : 3#pane,
~
from c i a ~ ~ t h i nelso,
g
oalo\~ror
il~~iamci, 9nA
Far
an(L
in*
ea tims! i e depend~nton
csasatian crtnwt wist 8,pparntr
~e oannof thfnk o f apsoe nitha
oxfimptv,
In oth.;r ~ a r d e , in order t o think o l #,paoe,
ilmltrj,
%;?usemust be saw Limits
ar ahject conmaoting it,
Tho Mea
cI cat~sctibn2 n t L r ~ l yil~~~cbmls
tipon tiw alxl @p&oer T h a t i s , f bo
S d ~ aof o:ino:~tlcn i s insrparah&afrom time and epaoe,
the, 'spnce &nilcaujation
earn ~ n rthey
l
~ A P Gno
iMeptanrlant ~xi:jtameo f their
B ~ ~ Y R
a@
F ~ l h ~ i alr ob t~l ~~devcrythtng
ahlt, t o undaratamd,
ti@ havu
r~hfahwe #a@ na*
alrt~ad~r
seen that thu aaalbinatian
o f timsr, epaae, arrl oatlaation or what
fiei tbr pea%aialtenoe
Therelare,
isl
tmonn r e
hm
nor nonwox&etentre, 8ucont2lp, %hieooabi..
nation of tirne, apectr, sxvl osusslion or
rphRt 10
M n n aa
sowtimu@ranish~a, Far e x m ~ l e , tho asr@r h l c h i s rltallp th#
rayfie 8s thc baaan, 129s no ~ a p a r n t eexlatenod a f t t s om, thoagb
b h ~tme
~
$8 diffa'erent &om tk
t h ~wfiw
AM
ides
pr r)aem,
in a maant,
~~6 the
$8
~ o * s ni n @e@pectof it@ fern.
e x n ~ paesocirntaA al th, a&
d@p*a@
tBn
i4kn ths a&w onhelars, t h kdllar
~
ale@*miohell
low as tha
~sfsted, tlrs f ~ g a p ~ ~ ~ ~ d r
rag mt a 1302nrlon,
al~raysi n ~ a a d a t i c nwith *ate#
far ru
C
This ir
m
-
b ~ a t ddo as* i C
th@rafarl~(~,
Clf
rrarea of that @@#an oZ %ha A 3 ~ 6 2 ~ t i r dhre rhidh
mnlr~uthir
wC-v@8
ifiifdflff?t
%kcat Zcrru i o vhgt
I
Za r;~rt%llud
"
I8
fmm t h a aauan i a only the tam, arkd
k n ~ mao
It aucit
bd
tiole,
Bgneo ~nrl cnt~satlana8
r~n@mb~.rcrdl
thet a11 these,
tirnc, synce, &n(l oausfitian ~la:~~enrI
upon thi; incliridaal
what
rig,,
for their
axi..rt~nec,jnst rtrr thu fax2m dupefitla llpan the mre Tar i t s e x i r a t ~ n ~ ~ , ,
Ae goon ns the iewav~ vaniuhea, t h form
~
~ l s odleapgsarei in tho
for him, or in o t h d ~riorrle, he i a not aifeo%eA ar influ~norldbj,
abstacls in our ring
/
Cb f ~0@8m+ S Y ~ ~ : & put8
P&
BifZersnt f ~ m
the xmivi:raal, uthareal apace,
ttvz
~ i ~ ir dnt a~
~lb
the
W Q F ~ ~
of manifoltl existtance has no r ~ e l i t g&pat%ilMm BraMan. 37
Acc~rc,riliwt o .2t2valta, the Al~#,soltlte, thr: ZnElnfto, h ~ mt
e
hsccae the f i n i t e ~niv~ree,for, the AheoZnta, which l e free, never
ahnng.8
so aa .to ?,@cornstk f i n i t e nnlterse,
thnC t h i s t~nirt?rsei e @ere eppearanoe nil
The Adtraitin asetrgtcr
m t rarality
I d r ~o f parts ~ r x il l i f f ~ ~ ~ n t i s tare
i o nnot tb
the glass o f time,
rJpRae
nrltape
8nA
811 C h r
a t the thing
awl ~akaatlclgrra@a@the Absol~lte rn
nct beoolne the anttampr,
not meen t k e t %hiennivurea does not exlst, an
f he tmivuree, hut rcglsLly the Absolute haa
at ell.
1% doue
the! other hsrul, it anZy rn~sfiathat the ~nivctraelrhioh oxiett ir
mt what
ae talc@ It for,
To fllt~@trete
$hi#, tho Aar~ttln~ i w o r
the nelhbarn ~xmpleof a rtrmap o f tres in the dsrknera UP niLt,
Fha atmp @
a treeIin the aarknaee of #Qlyht
Alee alas 'TR@ rha
kersbte Brshman"
la laakdl won
pl
r
ghaat by those r~haaF@oqerstitions, ae a pollcdmen by e robbttr
anrl
u f r i d m l by some*onc who
a8
$8
w n i t i n ~far' his f~i~rrSL, It
i s c l * ~ nthnt
r
in a l l th~suER8@8 thu sttrmg o f the: true
$8 C ~ B
sp)me thou~gkit e2pears differ-ntly t o diffttrsnt tn~8
af a o ~ p i r ,
Anil so here also o h n n ~ el a thcre only from tha stabjaotittt stand
point eFlll not from t h u oljJcotioe,
''
bettur,
noth he^
tjmi
peycholom,
Bivulremnda
In olvlcrr t o a~~tcl~rstnnd
thir
tlltrstr,?tion thconah
Bvinmiji pn%eit; #Them i a ~oraethinao ~ ~ t s i doef
@twelve@,tk@ t ~ l wnatnrtr af altioh i s mlma19n and nnltnoaahle t o
nsj
let 11s c ~ l Li t b f ;&nil there i e samething lneine vrhiah ir
also ~ ~ n l r n o and
~ m wnltnow~Rlst o ne; ht ue call i t jyc,
Rnbwalrla
$8
a combinfttfan
of x plas
The
g+ and e v t i r f i h i ~t h a t w haw,
tber;?fare, rmcst have two parts, the 'xf antaide, ~m?.*la '7'
Yo
imirlei nnd the * x t plug *g@i a the s~methinfiaaknow,
antaide,
Nos @hat t h V~clinta
~
holdo i s tbnt Chis
cpq are the
and R ~ Itk
qpears Re nBny when it
$pami
tbu r ~ r l daE asttrr,
and %hie
~aae~4''
if{@
:c:hn~e&ir~sdg
eeen
lam1 caneation.
4x4
@vary
18
that there is only one Fxistenae which
laa?tk8 throttgh tb glelga &f t h e * @pl~@e,
Vi'l~lrenantlaexplaine t h f a 3n another say,
Blh~nthtr tsxiutencs i e paraairsrd by tho rPiM
$0 Se oellacl t h r~j ~ ~ l raSl t h ~ ~ g and
h t idape,
Ths aerae one
lr tha one infinite beinlg, the
Ktamarq
$erne, 8cen
88 f t
t h ni
~nA.
iJ%reni t i s psroeired in i t s om mtwe, i t fr the
is,
bne
1)153& tho hdtr, aanaetiraee tb latnZ and solnetlaeq tk S u i t
*cccrul&n(~
body, ~i~ic2,
:?nd S ~ l fi n Chat ona, n.iwalY,xtman.
#hen tbE on@
nnch;.ndng ':xiut;:nc? i s ik3ok~dn t troy2 :hc: ont;id~, i t irr cnlZd
B-nbr?~n qnd i h ~ nCh- acn;: one ?xls%~ncr;
$8 lookat1 a t t ~ o minuida,
i t i s t h xtr:.an,
~
anr oan &If,
(1)
l;l"oi$~thit
i t la
Thuo oncl
a11
etanrlpolnt af t:?e t g n ~ r ~ en ~t u r y t h ls
i ~ ma,
5wark>i$lcctlle thiti thr: first atcp f n o w tmoaledg~of things,
A t thls etrn~stEm ignorwwza: tbid:s $bat 004
sjarnes~hsrr?oa$eide
le3
thu !~nivdrwe,
(2) Thti rreeorul
relation
"
-
is th&t of' the philoeopher, Plho trirta t a Eincl a
c e ~ ~ ~ l w %tlut13een
fan
all, t;hln@tl.
The p r i n c i p l ~o f
a ridASa fap him boaaee i t i a @Sf f leal* t a fiml
58
a ~ ~aarr~3etban
l
faa%aq~@un
.
I
.. mcl
~sZa%ien
o t h ~ rgrlnaiplea, Thfa i r r tb
gaw'ror ov~~y~hihore
coai3@ in,
( 5 ) The thin1 2a t h a t
or the ~elaasadson%@who
meo o f reality ercrywfahere.
)
for him,
Thc griwlple of
at; ha he@ ~ 1 ~ e s den
g frae4
cr igmoranect md rra m t a f f ~ c t ~bg
d it,
rd final, ateg in otlr knonl&g@ o f thims,
@as anly tha Onem
n
I
is
~?t?r?E&&l
I ~ a atha eXlrtghca
This isr tbe t h i r d
tn this %%atia@ad i@
net thdr ~ n t e l d enatnre nor fnaride mtnra ht ad, nature, end e o a
&r@
on@
st4!d the
erme thiw or i n mthsr tvo~dao f Sngaiji., @&eall,
tanr~rtible
mr'lifg ererPkleJ!r~."
keca\re~ha (the retaaoab) ages the onenrrrr of
Thtt# E l w a m i j l beliicv%a tbnt %b pw#%ian
ow's ham1 ? ; for the relaaaecl perean, c n @ l t h dsuch
~
a q~~etlon
C
drop@ up nor i s t h ~ r eneat1 f o r a @alution,t4'
X
~ 0 c o ~ I i nt og Swerni Vitalismncla, pebclnlno thie ome prtnaipla of
the straggle a f the imliviclnel, t a rn6nirast iteslt anftfnst ths
envlramnt vrhich
i ~ hlo l d i m
i t down,
An moeba,
fog inrtafier,
~struggle~l,oonq~z@sci@~
some obataoles, @eta another body anrl co~slem
Borne
more ahetaclea nM ea on nntfl i t bcoomee man,
ldaa
$8
If tha raao
cnrrietl t o t f s logical canclneian, there mnst aome
*hen man can Eanqner 8x1 the abstrltction t h a t n(itu~t'O
in thc snbject.
!"Mntb
@am.$ pcin~iplel e apgllttll
a tin@
B plaa~t
~
bow
t o religion
ant1 morality the oanqueat o f the evil ~ r X lthe p e r f ~ ~ t l aonf the
indivldtral wfla by the changa in the e\rbJ,jeat alone.
how',
'Tba0 i o
Stvami Virr~kanan&n,t h n t {the M v e i t a s p t e m a r t #
gllP
Ib ~h~ihal~
laos, on the subd~ctiriraide of mafir4 44
3~m3
jl thervfora q q h a t i tally dttelrrrtrr, fThi8 i a , thore*
tho swl?$dotlre, by perfecting t h e snbjeatlirc.
I say maks bold
Ca aay t h a t the only ~ @ l t a l o rhigh
fi
s~~@@
rltk,
e r flld arean god# r
Ifma t e the klvaita, anA t h ~ itl
t rahy it,cgpeale t d madlarft
raient i a t e @a mk~oh*46
linoth&p thim that we
g
Ilcl*PfX, P I M ~
V~lrZlbpea 137,
L
Pol. TI, ' p4S$d,
$
'
bra t o rsmetnbsr
th t hi# crarn#sfkofi
That ire, @oil i s o r ~ s t f n aR I U ~ NQ
J TI s~ eternally
~
ordating and i s
nevcr BC rest.
G t r i ~ t l y8pea11fngg f t
19
not ortar?ltion btlC only a
But t h ~ r ei s tho inn o f ogcle c ~ t Z o d
projection.
i s ~ l s oriorlrl na throughout this nniv~rfie.
aitribh
B n ~ ~Virult~n~nila
li
ahcremes t hnt t hia notnr,: whi oh uxiats eterne2lg koomes enbjtler
awl at~btldrtill i t tinally uttbsldo8,
rcat, ns i t nere, the whole
Then after a pi-riod a f
p r o j e o t ~ dforrprd rml the
natl~rtli s
anme aoml~imtion,t hi. s ~ m oovolr~tionand thu same
manifustation
It remain8 in t h i e state 'plnying, a~ i t were, for
sppeRr ernin,
R o c r t a i n t h e t an4 than
beoarnee finer
by brraaltinfi inta
~ l x lPinur
p l o a u ~i i ~ ~ ttho
i l whole thing eubsides an4 alplin l a projaoted lor-
nnril a l t e r
bsclcwn~tls
R
~ e r i o aof reat, es i t
This prooses o f goinn
wepa,
f ornerils vll t h a i;~ve~Lilta
mot ion siXI be going on
Time, 8paos, arid
thronghont trterni tg.
@nueattan Brit all, within
oP~~
this Fintnre which i e n l t h o ~ ~ tn y l ~ @ g l mor
l n g@r&, T ~ B P L ~ ~ timf
epacer, anrl ~ a t ~ a ~ f nre
i o n all, without any beginnlw or elwl a&
nor48 ehogirmlng8 &nil 'eM4 used in ow sftrlptm should bs talten
aa tb baginning anrl the en4 af one p e r t i o ~ l a r@gale
(w*
aocortiim f o ##reaal Pio&kananda,
Adrtrita holde thaa
004 t s both
the
cfiicient aaase o f th8 nni-twrsl) thoufib
Xfi 0 t h ~
warc~e,
~
in ths rrorala of
l n r t t u ~ i a la d
a+
b ~ mt
t in realit$+
46
Sr&aiVirelt&nai*a,
4004 has
bacomcr thls wrlvgrast; b114 the mirt.rli;e i s not, aM ~ o d
Btill, i t rill be true t o aay that
the rrorld,
That i e why
i e os'lled
46. The term bad is wed t o @t&M
fa
4lr
VOL* l f I, p,
+b &WW
9
1 "
not
lh7
i s $he mt~~da2
oauae ef
oomttf~t&a t
eensv t h a t therv i e Blrelitp bubin41 ;lit,thanzh it
bntg i t s epgdqcancc o f
L
4
ia
air@@
thd Real
r~slity, Tot, that Raalitp, nhich L i n
n@v$reean; ~ial4h8d;r$fcre,t h n t ~lhlaht s seen i e nnr~al,
u,Jon thtt &fil tor i t a exlutcnco,
Z ~ Qt
am
~ m
-
in the rorda af Yncuafji,
'
e
t
,
i e ~ 1 8 0tlsed i n
As
poxref o? ~ n ~ ~ofl l@&,
y
tho manifantstian o f OM,
.
""
i a the povrev ~f @a1i t
19
0831@6
It i a $the pafentlal %MI tth kinetic
sap thet Brahman prajset#
(;nihnm, eoma~ntlngon th.
$Me vrarltl titraugh
sttnse o f the r?r*lrtira
iirithotrt ~ntlerl~oing
any ohange OF aadi..
ol/)
the oner and ittr\irlribk
tioation Pihatamr in itsell, just A
rrrnlity o f %hieSelf irr . not alfectaa by tbe dirur~itpone eees
in anola dream, or
a
3~8%
the meftioian p r c & u a $tho
~ lak~ltfptr
t~~aatlal.ts
a i f hont lasltin~any real ahan*
As a l l attrlhrttae &rein
finatwe o f thiwr,
in
BraMan, T t (B~ahman)i a a3sa the mth
.. 2
3~mf.
Vivrkrr~andb%aye that, * h i t tn tho cmkrrul qer3ll,
-
I
mnniferrts i t s e l f as the tao porrdrs o f e,ttraation s M re+
ptxlrlalon, i t s manifestntions in the internal nrr: d ~ s i r( ~
ancl non-desire (_nimtti).
0
In Ghs e~ti3mRL.~ ~ a r l lq~hYhile
d,
esoh
atm i s trying t a Fly o f f frog i t s centre, mah one o f tham ir
6heclred by
e u l o t h b ~force,
t h centripgtal,
~
~ n r il s dsem t c tbr
et.nf~u, 3imflnrl;r, rrh$n ~ a c hthought l e tryin(3 t o @a beyond tho
cruntral, t h controlling
~
powor i s ~ h e o l d m@@Oh one or thts ant[toin;: d;~ire. " This ~nnc:ption o f
centrliagal
iel
earnuthi%
aa oentripdtrl ann
2nd h ~ n a bi s a
aontrfbution of
Bpiapli
L
4
bulw illaeion cannot b~ said %a hs ~htal, get, $t
i t l ~ ~ s i op rno d n o ~ sa l l this, t h e amaer irt tht nhioh
18
being ~ l s Lgnarance,
l
the praduccr m ~ ~ snl8o
t
be ignorant
hnowlg<lge can nr?vzrormI\$ce ignarawe,
trc piap, mmely, ae nutician~eRNI
i?hon the
Ab~alute, the esaenrs
L1I
01
$ 0 ~
Anil #a, t h i s d e c t s in
scfdnoe
[reSatlve Lnodoflgr),
rrnA thia ,soianeu, after dgllrtrayi~neselenoe,
Bleatroyed,
producw2
l a i t # @ alraa
l
deetrop herself, whet rw;tms&ine i s tho
kmrladge,uxia tance ew1 bliea. "
The
ame idon i s axparrsed by iahitnra elen en he saga, i%;hantho i d ~ n t i t t aation v i t h athjr thing8 i s gontt, t h g t i48nCity trith one's otnn
golf ahioh
$8
nltuml, b e ~ o m ~fsolate4i
s
thia i a clxgr@sraerlbg tM
r t a t ~ n o t that
~ t t h S~i r l l i a imorvn.
n6t
fn Itrrelf 1% i s urkmwsble *
oasrvpb&ad throt~nhnw meaM. 458
ishhars pats tka asmr id##
again, rrhan he daobresr, @%on ignoranoa hse ken dsa.broyad b ~ (the
Waniaaaa nf &ahman t b ir,~rnthin@
~ but ths $elf, '
8
1% muat
ant1 ~villyz, Aoco~llngt o them, nhile
d i s tinctton itetv:@:een.
--
bsu, thnt eamu Adv.?ltlrn ~ F & Wa
1161 pointud otlt
.
f
T
u
a
n
I s the 8~l.Eljtmctaf thcr tok?{l,
jiw,
~ g e i n ,a i l e
* I '
contaras t o the
conforming t o the desires of the mmnt,
DPhT,'I.P.!lahriderr~n
i s tha
addanot o f thr
~ r ? s i r c ' 8o f
the agent
Bat eome scholars ifkr
hold thgt it i s not m lnv8ri~l118rule that
ncucicnce fiel11R~~i
it8
OM^
ahadw, far a p~rBana8elng ths refleotfon
and itrug@, Bnt thia panror~lit$rl e observt6tl etrtn in the aalse or
her@the parson seoinlf %hadotrblit mcbn has pi.rfeet control orsr
thu e f f i c i e n t
cqnsa
rPhlch origin st.:^ thu dqlasian,
The
aiatinctl~n
.*i
armaee 11st\~~.eers n%l mccft~rrot!in the entpirlcnl ilaaga
$8
only in
fiesip@of the lent a8 in t h ~aase of g ~ ~ j e @ t i f lihthe
[ t ttnird~al,
a
Thiebthc only dlstlnotlon that can is made ktqttsn &
l
AocoMing t o
edno OC~LIP
hdvaitine,
lir I I i r i g ~ ~ nputs
a it,
.
I
0%
-
88
the rrllatian btwwn
tha whole t~nirerrri e the otte'et
the pbrtione o f the nntrdree nhlah conrstitrztr the #ow
anl subtle bodi~eaf an tndiridual ##If art, ~ @ ~ l b l ta8
e dtho
-&
Y
Tu
CI
at@
destruction o f the r?orld 143 nnintallfgibte.
o r i n l n a t ~ dant1 d@stroyedt t
$8
illusory.
Ae the world i e
Thns s c ' 3 1 a t ~ ~ o ,
p ~ ~ ~ l ? g t tI nb fqu r ~ n ~ e~,n ~ l f i nrnl
y q~ftelaw~tion
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t ha ll~w@orlnees~'
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