Category: Self-Enquiry (Vichara Sangraham)

Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (15) Devotee:   The mind, sense-organs, etc., have the ability to perceive; yet why are they regarded as perceived objects? Maharshi:      Drik (Knower) Drisya (Known object) 1 The Seer The seen object (for example, […]

Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (14) Devotee:   What is the real purpose of sannyasa (renunciation)? Maharshi: Sannyasa is only the renunciation of the ‘I’ thought, and not the rejection of the external objects. He who has renounced the “I” thought […]

Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (13) Devotee:   When there is activity in regard to works, we are neither the agents of those works nor their enjoyers. The activity is of the three instruments (i.e., the mind, speech, and body). Could […]

Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (12) Devotee:   Is the aforesaid Self-experience possible, even in the state of empirical existence, for the mind which has to perform functions in accordance with its prarabdha (the past karma which has begun to fructify)? […]

Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (11) Devotee:   Is Self-experience possible for the mind, whose nature is constant change? Maharshi: Since sattva-guna (the constituent of prakriti which makes for purity, intelligence, etc.) is the nature of mind, and since the mind […]

Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (10) Devotee:   If the entire universe is of the form of mind, then does it not follow that the universe is an illusion? If that be the case, why is the creation of the universe […]

Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (9) Devotee:   How can it be said that the Heart is no other than Brahman? Maharshi: Although the Self enjoys its experiences in the states of waking, dream, and deep sleep, residing respectively in the […]

Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (8) Devotee:   Why is it said that only the mind which is the internal organ, shines as the form of all, that is of soul, God and world? Maharshi: As instruments for knowing the objects, […]

Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (7) Devotee:   If these four – mind, intellect, memory and egoity – are one and the same, why are separate locations mentioned for them? Maharshi: It is true that the throat is stated to be […]

Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (6) Devotee:   While there are different modifications of the internal organ, namely manas (reflection), buddhi (intellect), chitta (memory) and ahankara (egoity), how can it be said that the destruction of the mind alone is release? […]

Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (5) Devotee:   Is enquiry only the means for removal of the false belief of selfhood in the gross body, or is it also the means for removal of the false belief of selfhood in the […]

Self-enquiry – Vichara Sangraham (4) Devotee:   When one enquires into the root of ‘self-conceit’ which is of the form ‘I’, all sorts of different thoughts without number seem to rise; not any separate ‘I’ thought. Maharshi: Whether the nominative […]