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ADVAITA BODHA DEEPIKA
[LAMP OF NON-DUAL KNOWLEDGE]
Sri Ramanasramam
Tiruvannamalai
2002
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FOREWORD
Originally Sri Shankaracharya and other great Sages had
written several works like the commentary on the Vedanta Sutras
and thus furnished the methods for those engaged in Self enquiry
to accomplish their purpose.
From those, Sri Karapatra Swami later condensed the
salient points into Sanskrit verse in a work of twelve chapters,
called Sri Advaita Bodha Deepika .
Still later, some great man seems to have translated this
into Tamil prose. For some unknown reasons only some eight
chapters of the same are found published. They are:
1. Adhyaropa = Super imposition.
2. Apavada = Its removal.
3. Sadhana = The means of accomplishment.
4. Sravana = Hearing, reading, talking about God.
5. Manana = Reflecting on sravana.
6. Vasanakshaya = Annihilation of latencies.
7. Sakshatkara = Direct Realisation.
8. Manonasa = Extinction of the mind.
In this work the author has explained how Ignorance obscures
the true nature of the Self which is non-dual only; how by its
veiling aspect it covers It (the Self ) with two effects — ‘that It does
not exist’ and ‘that It does not shine forth’, how by its other aspect,
in the shape of the mind, projecting individuals, Iswara and the
world and presenting them as real, thus giving rise to illusion; how
one fully qualified is alone fit to obtain this knowledge; how a bare
scholar of the shastras cannot be fit; how enquiry is the chief means
for knowledge; how this enquiry consists in hearing of, reflecting
upon and contemplation of TRUTH, and Samadhi; how the
indirect knowledge gained by hearing puts an end to the idea that
‘It does not exist’ and the direct knowledge gained by reflection,
which means enquiry ‘WHO I AM’ and seeking within, destroys
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the wrong notion that ‘It does not shine forth’; how the knowledge
of THOU in THAT THOU ART is identical with the knowledge
of THAT; how by meditation the different latencies perishing which
were the obstacles on the way and the mind which is the limiting
adjunct (upadhi) of the individual perishes too and by the eventual
unobstructed realisation of BRAHMAN (God) the Seeker becomes
free from the bondage of the three kinds of Karma which form the
cycle of births and deaths; how in truth there is neither bondage
nor release for the SELF and in what way to extinguish the mind.
Thinking that this will be helpful to Seekers of Liberation
Sri Ramanananda Saraswathi (formerly Munagala
Venkataramiah) a devotee of Bhagavan has by the grace of Sri
Ramana rendered into English the eight chapters of the work
now available. The last four chapters, Savikalpa Samadhi ,
Nirvikalpa Samadhi, Jivan Mukti, and Videha Mukti not being
found in Tamil, Telugu or Sanskrit Manuscripts could not be
translated into English. Information on the missing chapters is
earnestly sought and will be gratefully acknowledged by the
publisher.
Our grateful thanks are due to H. H. Smt. Shanta Devi
Maharani of Baroda and H. H. the Maharaja of Travancore for
sending us the original Sanskrit Manuscripts of this work from
the State Libraries for Maharshi’s consultation and return.
This book is one of the few esteemed by Sri Maharshi and
this translation was thoroughly revised in His Presence. So we
are encouraged to present this small volume to the public with
full confidence that the reader will benefit by it.
P UBLISHER .
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THE LAMP OF NON-DUAL KNOWLEDGE
INTRODUCTORY
1. I salute the holy feet of the Supreme Lord, the Refuge
of all the universe, the One Means to kill the samsara (the
cycle of births and deaths), the Eternal God Ganesa of
elephant face!
2. I meditate on the holy master known as Chidambara
Brahman, the very being of the non-dual Supreme Self, Its
very Bliss and the foremost yogi among men by whose light
glance I, a fool blinded by the massive darkness of beginningless
Ignorance, gained the precious jewel of Jnana (Wisdom)!
3. I meditate on that holy master, by contact with the dust
of whose lotus feet men are able easily to cross the shoreless
ocean of samsara , as if it were only a span.
4-5. To those who are fitted (by all) their sins having been
burnt off by austerities (practised) in several past births, their
minds made pure, their intellects discriminating the real from
the unreal, themselves indifferent to the pleasures of either this
or the other world, their minds and senses under control,
passions held down, actions given up as a worthless burden,
faith firm and minds tranquil, eagerly seeking release from
bondage, this work — SRI ADVAITA BODHA DEEPIKA —
is presented in twelve short chapters.
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