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Title: Vidya and Avidya


1
Vidya and Avidya
  • From the discourse of
  • Shrii Shrii Anandamurti

2
Nucleus
  • Babas discourse in 1966
  • Purusottama (Supreme Consciousness) is the
    nucleus
  • Kendratiga centrifugal - avidya
  • Kendranuga centripetal - vidya

3
Forces of ignorance - Avidya
  • Force of ignorance - a centrifugal or eccentric
    force.
  • Takes the mind from subtle to crude.
  • Consisting of
  • spirituo-psychic distraction
  • drifting away from the spiritual
  • delusion by mundane mental propensities
  • psycho-physical distraction
  • unwilling to see the spiritual
  • delusion like a black curtain cover

4
Forces of knowledge - Vidya
  • Force of knowledge a centripetal or concentric
    force.
  • Takes the mind from crude to subtle.
  • Consisting of
  • physico-psychic attraction
  • moving from physicality towards the higher mental
    realm
  • creates an urge to do something noble for a
    higher purpose
  • psycho-spiritual attraction
  • propels human beings towards the sublime realm of
    absolute peace or supreme beatitude
  • inspires people to do intuitional or spiritual
    practice

5
Sanskrit equivalents
  • avidya' shakti - centrifugal or eccentric force
  • viks'epa shakti - spirituo-psychic distraction
  • a'varan'ii shakti - psycho-physical distraction
  • vidya' shakti - centripetal or concentric force
  • samvit shakti - physico-psychic attraction
  • hla'dinii shakti - psycho-spiritual attraction

6
Avidya
  • Two aspects
  • viks'epa shakti
  • a'varan'ii shakti.
  • When a microcosm is influenced by avidya' shakti,
    it always tries to go away from the Hub (Nucleus).

7
Avidya
  • Due to viks'epa shakti it moves away from its
    Lord.
  • Due to a'varan'ii shakti it cannot see its Lord.

8
Vidya
  • Two aspects
  • Samvita Shakti
  • Hladini or Radhika Shakti
  • When a microcosm is influenced by vidya' shakti,
    it always moves towards the Hub (Nucleus).

9
Vidya
  • Samvita Shakti
  • "I should do something. I have a human structure.
    I am a human being. I should do something. I
    should act like a human being. I should try to
    goad myself to the realm of divinity, it is my
    dharma. I should follow dharma, I should strictly
    adhere to the code of dharma."

10
Vidya
  • Hladini or Radhika Shakti
  • "I should do something practical. Theory won't
    help me I should do something concrete, I should
    do something practical."

11
From crude to subtle
  • Progressive movement of mind is from crude to
    subtle
  • mind ideates on the sublime.
  • Regressive movement of mind is from subtle to
    crude
  • mind ideates on matter.
  • When mind moves from matter to Cosmic
    Consciousness (sublime), the thought waves of
    human beings are more of a spiritual nature.

12
How to get Krpa
  • Kr to do
  • Pa to get
  • Sadhana (spiritual practices meditation) should
    be done
  • Devotion is very important

13
From discourse of Shrii Shrii Anandamurti - 9
December 1964, Salemfrom BRAHMA CAKRA in
A'nanda Vacana'mrtam Part 33
  • Now regarding the vidya' shakti, the concentric
    force, the centripetal force, the force moving
    towards the hub of the wave A man following the
    path of vidya' shakti naturally will be
    decreasing the length of his radius, the radius
    of this Brahma Cakra (Cosmic Cycle). The radius
    will go on decreasing in length. But this vidya'
    shakti has also got two influences on the minds
    of individuals, on microcosms.

14
Discourse (continued)
  • Of these two expressions, the first one is called
    samvit shakti. Samvit means spiritual
    consciousness, spiritual awakening. A man engaged
    in bad things all of a sudden feels that "No, I
    shouldn't do all these things. No, I should be a
    good man henceforward." Such an idea all of a
    sudden comes in his mind. And this thing, this
    change of mental tendency, is brought about by
    samvit shakti of Vidya'ma'ya'. Do you follow?
    This is what is called samvit shakti. "No,
    henceforward I must be a good man. No,
    henceforward I must be a spiritualist. I must not
    encourage any depraving idea." Samvit shakti.

15
Discourse (continued)
  • And the second expression of Vidya'ma'ya' is
    hla'dinii shakti. After a man decides that
    "Henceforward I will be a good man, henceforward
    I will be a sa'dhaka spiritual practitioner,"
    he gets the krpa' of that Almighty Lord.
    (Regarding krpa' I will say something
    afterwards.) And after getting His krpa' through
    some medium he gets initiation. After being
    initiated he is to move along that spiritual
    path. That movement along the spiritual path is
    brought about by hla'dinii shakti.

16
Discourse (continued)
  • This hla'dinii shakti is also known as Ra'dhika'
    shakti in Sanskrit. "Ra'dha'" means spiritual
    aspirant, "one who is engaged in a'ra'dhana'".
    One who is engaged in a'ra'dhana' is called
    "Ra'dha'" in Vaes'n'ava Vaishnavite philosophy.
    And Purus'ottama is called Krs'n'a. Ra'dha'
    moving towards Krs'n'a. So that hla'dinii shakti
    is called Ra'dhika' shakti. Clear?

17
Verse (in the discourse)
  • Now in a particular shloka couplet it has been
    said
  • Sarva'jiive sarvasam'sthe brhante tasmin ham'so
    bhra'myate Brahmacakre
  • Prthaga'tma'nam' prerita'rainca matva'
    jus't'astataste-na'mrtatvameti.
  • All unit entities, all unit structures, revolve
    around the Nucleus Consciousness in the Cosmic
    Cycle of creation. This rotation of theirs will
    continue as long as they think that they are
    separate from their Creator. When they become one
    with the Nucleus, they will attain immortality.

18
Verse explained in the discourse
  • Sarva'jiive sarvasam'sthe
  • "With different structures and with different
    mental longings", so many creatures are hovering
    around that Purus'ottama (Cosmic Nucleus).
  • Tasmin ham'so bhra'myate Brahmacakre
  • Ham'so means jiiva (unit consciousness).

19
Verse explained in the discourse (continued)
  • And Prthaga'tma'nam' prerita'rainca matva'
  • "This rotation of theirs will continue as long
    as they think that they are separate from their
    Creator."
  • Why do they hover round that Purus'ottama?
    Because in their minds there is a sense of
    separateness, sense of separation, from their
    Cosmic Lord. They think that they are separate
    entities from Purus'ottama. They do not feel
    their unison with Purus'ottama, that's why they
    hover round that Nucleus. And when they come to
    think that they are not separate entities from
    that Hub of the wheel, all of a sudden that
    radius will cease to exist, and with the help of
    Vidya'ma'ya' the merger will take place. And that
    merger is the unison of Ra'dha' and Krs'n'a. Do
    you follow?
  • So, Prthaga'tma'nam' prerita'rainca matva'
  • "They feel that they are separate entities from
    that Hub, and that's why they are hovering
    round."

20
Verse explained in the discourse (continued)
  • Jus't'astatastena'mrtatvameti
  • "When they become one with the Nucleus, they
    will attain immortality."
  • Just now I said that by His krpa', that samvit
    shakti is awakened. Now, what is krpa'? Here the
    rs'i sage who composed the shloka says that
    "being benefited by Him, he becomes one with his
    Nucleus" -- the merger takes place, and he
    attains immortality.

21
From discourse of Shrii Shrii Anandamurti -
November 1966, Ernakulamfrom RADHIKA SHAKTI in
A'nanda Vacana'mrtam Part 23
  • Your progress in the realm of spirituality, in
    the realm of intuitionality, depends on His
    divine grace -- just say His special divine
    grace. The Vedas say that it depends on divine
    grace, Guru krpa'.
  • What is krpa'? You know, Ramakrishna Paramahansa
    was not a learned man in the mundane sense. Once
    upon a time a very learned man said, "Oh,
    Ramakrishna, people say everything depends on His
    krpa'." (What is the local pronunciation? Krpa'?
    Krpa'? Krpa'?" pronounced in three ways) "So,
    what is the meaning of krpa' ?"

22
Discourse (continued)
  • Ramakrishna said, "You know, I am an illiterate
    fellow, but according to my view, krpa' is made
    of two syllables, kr and pa'. Kr means Karo,
    karo, karo -- 'Do, do, do -- Do your sa'dhana',
    do your sa'dhana', do your sa'dhana'.' And pa'
    means Pa'o -- 'Get'. 'Get it, get it, get it, get
    it.' That is, 'Get it by doing sa'dhana'
    Kr-pa'.'"

23
Discourse (continued)
  • And I say, that divine bliss, that divine krpa',
    that divine compassion, is always being showered
    upon you, on each and every living being, on each
    and every animate and inanimate object -- but you
    do not feel it, you are not being drenched by
    that divine water, you are not being drenched by
    that divine shower, because you are holding the
    umbrella of vanity upon your head. If you want to
    be drenched by that divine shower of krpa', you
    have to remove the umbrella of vanity from your
    head just remove it and be drenched. And what is
    sa'dhana' ? Sa'dhana' is just the action of
    removing this umbrella from upon my head.

24
BABA NAM KEVALAM
  • Only the name of the Lord.
  • Baba - the nearest and dearest, the beloved
  • Nam name, repetition of the name of God or
    kiirtan
  • Kevalam - only.
  • Only the name of the Beloved.
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