Textual Tuesday

Hari OM

The schema of study devised at Chinmaya Mission is the subject of this post each week. To see all texts referred to, click the label below ("SuggtdReading")

AATMABODHA - is the next to take from the shelf! Having understood the basics of Advaita from TattvabodaH, now the more subtle concepts are brought forth. 

This is the text in which the famous 'rope trick' and 'ghost in the post' analogies are found as aids to understanding how our minds can be so easily tricked into believing one thing which is nowhere near the truth. It is the text of illusion and delusion... and how to clarify our understanding so as to see through the magic of Maya. 

As ever, Gurudev's erudition shines through as he helps us digest the shlokas from Adi Shankara. The link on the title above will take you, also, to the posts of exposition in chapter one of this blog. 

Although classed as a prakarana, this text holds the seeds of advanced thinking.