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Chapter (151) what is the philosophy of true knowledge?

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What is the philosophy of true knowledge?

Lord Krishna explains Arjun that when you go to Guru he would give you true knowledge of real substance even if you listen to him you could not understand the real form of truth as nobody could describe the experience of enlightenment of soul in words

SHRUTVAPYENAM VEDA NA CHAIV KASHCHIT

(Bhagavat Gita 2/29)

as it is beyond the description and comprehension through senses, mind and intellect. But when you know it by your own experience , you would be eligible for Salvation. Aadi Shankaracharyaji describes in his SARVA VEDANT SIDDANT SARSANGRAH AS:

NAHAM DEHO NAPYASUNAKSHIVARGO NAHANKARO NO MANO NAPI BUDDHHI: I
ANTASTESHAM CHAPI TADVIKRIYANAM SAKSHI NITYA: PRATYEMEVAHAMSMI II (835)

A Sadhak experiences that he is not a body, not a Pran, not a group of senses ,not an ego, mind or an intellect but he is PRATYAGATMA only soul who lives along with all above and all diseases and passions related to them in his body. This is true knowledge. I am the real soul who is a witness of my words and speech, intension of my Pran, my intellect and intention of my desires and my eyes and senses only. A Sadhak gets the knowledge that he is not a material body, not a minute particle, not a long or short, a child or youth, an old person or a deaf and dumb nor even neuter gender or impotent but only a witness of every stages and states of life who lives forever and eternally everywhere. A Sadhak knows that he does not have to come and go , to be killed or kill, a doer of any experiment, not an orator or a user, neither a happy nor a sad person, but only a witness of every up and down of life. Even meetings and partings, attachment and anger, desires and passions, greed and envy or a bondage of any kind cannot bind him as he is an ever free, ever happy a part of Almighty. A true knowledgeable person knows that he is not a body or senses, he is not attached to sin or no sin, and he is beyond all the feelings and emotions as they are illusive. He is only a bright enlightened part of Almighty. A Soul has no hands or legs, no Pran and mind or intellect. A soul is ever complete, pure and unique CHAITANYA. When a pupil has the knowledge of his own soul, he could be free from the bondage of the cycle of birth and death.

GNATVA DEVAM SARVPASHAPAHANI: KSHINAI: KLASHAIRJANMAMRUTYUPRAHANI : I
ETYEVAISHA VAIDIKI VAGBRAVITI KLASHKSHATYAM JANMAMRUTYUPRAHANIM II
( Sarva Vedant Siddhant Sarvasar Granth (847)

Aadi Shankaracharyaji says when a pupil knows his soul totally the noose and snares that binds a pupil is disappeared. When all the confusion and complexity is cleared by the knowledge, he could be free from the cycle of birth and death. Our Vedas say that when the entire inner quarrel subsides, a soul becomes free from the cycle of rebirth because desires of getting everything in the world and un-fulfillment of desires are the only reason of rebirth but when all the desires are burnt in the fire of knowledge, there is no reason for rebirth.

YENBHUTANYASHESHENA DRAVYASYATMANI means just on getting the knowledge of real substance, a pupil knows that AHAM BRAHMASHI. I am the part of universal Brahma and my authority is existed all over the universe and I am one of the part of Universe. Just as a man sees himself in dream, a Scholar sees the world as a dream. When a pupil if full of knowledge, he sees himself in everything and he sees God in everything and everywhere. In this situation the person who sees the world is called DRASHTA ,the scenes on the stage of the world is DRASHYA and the process of looking at all the happenings from the birth to death is DARSHAN .All that does not exist separately but a pupil sees everything within him as he sees himself in dream while he was sleeping.

When we see ocean and its waves, we call them by different names as an ocean and the waves but both are one and same. They cannot be separated. Waves emerge from the ocean and subside in the ocean. Both of them have no individual identity. The real authority is of the substance and that is the water. And this substance of water has neither ocean nor waves within him. When an ocean is attached to earth, it has boundary and quantity of water is also limited but if it has no attachment to the earth, the authority of the substance of water can be seen everywhere in the various forms as it is existed as moisture, sweat and in the form of life in every living beings. This Sansar is an ocean and bodies of all the livings are like the waves. They emerge in various form in the Sansar and dissolve in the Sansar after performing their role, kartavya karma. There is no authority of anybody independently. The authority is of only PARAMATMA and Paramatma , the real substance has no form but as he lives in various bodies and the bodies are related to Sansar ,they are bound to get birth and accept death. But the real substance Paramatma has unlimited authority and power. Hence we should see him in everything and everywhere.

VIPARITARTHADHIRYAVINNA NISHEHAM NIVARTATE I
SWAROOPSFOORANAM YAVANNA PRASIDHYATYANIRGALAM I
TAVATSAMADHISHATKEN NAYETKALAM NIRANTARAM II

(Sarva Vedant Siddhant sarsangrah /901)

Unless and until the complexity of thoughts and confusions of intellect are destroyed totally with the help of GURU and knowledge and the constant and continuous feelings of uniqueness with Paramatma is felt as our real form, salvation cannot be achieved or experienced and hence a pupil should try to pass his time in Samadhi day and night. A Sadhak should not be lazy but he should think about only the real substance of Brahma and try to concentrate his mind on the achievement of only one goal, a single destination and that is to surrender to God.

What would happen if a pupil be a little lazy or give up his efforts for sometime or distracted from the path of acquiring true knowledge of real substance?

Let's understand from our great Guru and Lord Shri Krishna....