A Gnani.+

Sage Sankara says:~ "The knower of Brahman wears no signs. Gives up the insignia of a monk's life…his signs are not manifest, nor his behavior."

Sage Sankara says:~VC (2) -the Knower of the Atman (i.e., a Gnani) "bears no outward mark of a holy man" (Stanza 539).

It means the Knower of the Atman (i.e., a Gnani) "bears no outward mark of a holy man.  Thus the religious Gurus are nothing to do with the path of wisdom. All the religious-based Advaita is meant for the mass that is incapable of grasping the truth beyond form, time, and space.   Thus the religious idea of God, Guru, and scriptural studies are nothing to do with the path of wisdom or Brahman.

The seeker must examine whatever propagated as Advaitic Gnana under the mental microscope." It means the seeker must bring notions and beliefs out of vagueness into clearness. The mystics claim superior knowledge but cannot communicate it for purposes of verification.

People’s observation is based on a dualistic (matter or body or ego) perspective, whereas A Gnani’s judgment is based on the nondualistic (Soul or Spirit or consciousness) perspective.  There are neither you, nor me, nor does the world exist as reality, when the Soul, the 'Self' remains its own awareness.  Thus what value is there when you and your experience of the world are one in essence? That essence is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness (Spirit). 

A Gnani is fully aware of ‘what is the truth?’ and ‘what is untruth?’.  A Gnani is fully conscious of the unreal nature of the waking experience. Thus, life within the waking experience will go on.   The three states have nothing to do with the Soul, the 'Self'.  The waking or dream is merely an object to the formless witness. The Self or witness is nothing to do with the three states because it is merely the witness of the three states (illusion). 

Having realized the truth, beyond the form, time, and space Gnani sees the world in which he exists as the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. For a Gnani the whole world is nothing but consciousness.

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A Gnani never knows any mantra in Vedic meter or any Tantra not he indulges in religious rituals or worship of religious Gods. A Gnani sees no difference between happiness and misery, man and woman, Adversity and success. Everything is seen to be the same.

A Gnani is not conflicted by the dualistic illusion. He is fully aware the Self is the fullness of the consciousness.

Knowing for certain that all is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, the Gnani never says “I am this” or “I am not that.”

The Sage who finds stillness is neither distracted nor focused. He knows that pleasure & pain and the world are one, in essence. Ignorance is dispelled, he is free of knowing.

No ordinary man can identify a Gnani without the knowledge of the ‘Self’ hidden by ignorance (I). A Gnani possesses the ability to express Advaitic wisdom. After Self-realization, Gnanis are those who are in Self-awareness in the midst of the dualistic illusion (world).

A Gnani has no other awareness than Self-awareness, and for a Gnani everything has become conscious.  In Self-awareness, the Soul, the ‘Self’ is God and remains as God!

A Gnani sees only unity in diversity, just like a goldsmith estimating the gold in various items of jewelry sees only gold. Thus, the Goldsmith everything is gold in jewelry. Same way Gnani knows the universe is nothing but an illusion created out of consciousness.

A Gnani works for the upliftment of humanity from ignorance. 

A  Gnani is he who enjoys a worldly life, but simultaneously suffers the suffering of the world. Outwardly, he looks like an ordinary man; but inwardly, he cannot be understood.  Gnani’s duty is to share the Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana for the betterment of humanity.

Select Works of Sankara" also his commentary on Brihad: ~ “Though I wear these robes of a Sannyasin, it is only for the sake of bread."

Guru‘s interpretations of sacred texts and the force of religious merit ~ none of these lead to the realization of that Ultimate Truth which is revealed in the clear reflection of the Soul, the  Self.

Even the best of the world’s Guru cannot transmit wisdom. Loud sermons consisting of a shower of ornamental words, the skill in expounding the egocentric knowledge, and likewise erudition ~ these merely bring on a little personal enjoyment to the Guru but are no good for Self-realization.

A Guru is useless so long as the ultimate truth is unknown, and it is equally useless when the ultimate truth has already been known. By sticking to some Guru and surrendering to him, the Advaitic wisdom will not dawn. Surrendering is a religious fable. Surrendering is nothing to do with the ultimate truth or Brahman. Surrender implies duality. There is no duality in reality.

By simply saying surrender without realizing the ultimate truth is like trying to sweeten the seawater by putting in a spoonful of sugar.

Guru’s sermons consisting of ornamental words merely please the taste of the religious mindset. Hence, seekers of truth should earnestly set about realizing the truth beyond form, time, and space.

People are unaware of the fact that the world in which he exists is a product of ignorance. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is the only remedy to get rid of ignorance. 

There is no use of religion, the religious Gods, Gurus, Yogis, and the Scriptures, rituals to acquire Self- knowledge, or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Ignorance does not leave off if one simply utters Guru's name. Without direct realization, the Soul cannot be liberated by the mere repeating of the name of the Guru or God. The seeker has to remember the name belongs to the domain of the illusory form, time, and space.

For Gnani the world is an illusion. Viewed from the absolute there's neither birth nor life nor death, neither appearance nor disappearance, neither production nor destruction, neither bondage nor liberation. There's none who seeks freedom nor is there any who is liberated - this is the highest truth.

A Gnani knows that there's neither unity nor plurality - the world is neither one nor many. Just as a piece of rope is mistaken for a snake, the Atman is mistaken for this diverse world. Duality is an appearance and the non-dual Atman is the real truth. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar