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Brahman = Sat
Being, called
the adhara =
the substratum
Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
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Chit
Knowledge
Ananda
Bliss
Called visesha =
differentiation by maya
natural
the universe
or the world
artificial
multiplicity
of objects
Maya cannot obscure Sat, but it does obscure Chit and Ananda,
making them appear as particulars.
A rope
corresponds to
Being;
the substratum
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in dim light
maya
illusion
appears as a snake
the artificial particular
as shown in E
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Sat = Being = the substratum (adhara). From this proceeds the
particular, namely the jiva who veiled by ignorance identifies himself
with the gross body. Here ignorance stands for not investigating the
Self. Jiva is in fact knowledge only; yet owing to ignorance the wrong
identity with the gross body results.
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Again, the Master illustrated it with the red-hot iron ball (tapta-ayahpindavat).
A ball of iron + fire together form red-hot iron ball. The World + Chit
= (Pure Knowledge) together form the jiva = the individual.