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VEDĀNTA the solution to our fundamental problem by D. Venugopal Part 23 begins the chapter on ‘Analysis of the subject in its three states of experience’. This first part looks at the three aspects of...
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Read Part 2 The sheath-related verses in the Panchadashi occur in Chapter 1: The five sheaths of the Self are those of the food, the vital air, the mind, the intellect and bliss. Enveloped in them, it...
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Introduction Verse 3.42 of the Bhagavad Gita says that the sense organs are superior to the gross body, the mind is superior to the sense organs, the intellect is superior to the mind and the Atma is...
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Q: When the jIva removes the ignorance of his real nature, and realizes Atman is his Real unchanging Self, if the body dissolves, what happens afterwards? If there is no further birth, do we then...
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