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Lesson 22 – Videhamukhthi

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    • April 11, 2024 at 7:23 pm #624199
      Arunachalam Viswanathan
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      Hari Om. A jnani is not identified with the limited body mind instruments.

    • April 11, 2024 at 7:23 pm #624077
      Anant Sarma
      Participant

      Hari Om!

      Please let me know what the other choices for answer are. One of the other choices may be a better choice.

    • April 11, 2024 at 7:23 pm #624095
      Sudharma Kantheti
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      Hari Om!

      This is select all that apply question. So we have multiple answers to select from the choices. Here are the choices:

      1.) The body–mind complex undergoes enjoyment and suffering. Self is
      beyond it. Jñānin identifies with Self and not with the body–mind
      complex.
      2.) Both have to suffer as along as the body exists irrespective of their
      ignorance or knowledge.
      3.) Ahaṅkāra is the cause of misery for the ajñānin, and never for the
      Jñānin.
      4.) The Jñānin is indifferent (udāsīna) to the suffering, but not the ajñānin.
      5.) The ajñānin gives validity to the suffering by the ahaṅkāra; not so the
      Jñānin.

      Thank you!

    • April 11, 2024 at 7:23 pm #624099
      Anant Sarma
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      Hari Om!

      I think the question is either framed poorly or deliberately trying to trick the student.

      Assuming the teacher is trying to make sure that the student has really understood the point that a jnani identifies with the atma only and not the anatma, the question is making an observation, that both jnani and ajnani are suffering externally meaning at the body, mind, intellect levels.

      From the multiple choice of answers, 1,3,4 and 5, one should deduce that only the ajnani would suffer and the jnani would not. So the correct choice is only 2, because as long as prarabdha continues, regardless of whether one is a jnani or an ajnani, the person has to go through experiences.

    • April 11, 2024 at 7:23 pm #624134
      Sudharma Kantheti
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      Hari Om!

      Thank you. Is the world perceived, when one is completely absorbed in the understanding ‘I am Brahman’?(a question from lesson 24)

      To my understanding, If a person is completely absorbed in “I am Brahman” i.e in the stage of Turyaga, there’s no perception of world and everything gets dissolved..

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