The Moksha Gita : Swami Sivananda // Commentary : Chapter 3 -3. Swami Krishnananda.

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Chinmaya International Foundation (CIF) :

Since the inception of Chinmaya International Foundation (CIF) it has been CIF’s privilege to host camps and workshops facilitated by stalwarts such as Prof. VN Jha in Sanskrit and Indic studies. 

A ten day workshop on ‘Prabhakara Mimamsa’ by Prof. VN Jha was inaugurated yesterday by Swami Advayananda. 

The workshop is specially organised to commemorate (late) Prof. Ujjwala Jha. 

Swamiji fondly reminisced on how Prof. VN Jha and Prof. Ujjwala Jha played an important role in laying the foundation for the growth of CIF as well as Chinmaya Vishwa Vidyapeeth. 

Echoing Swamiji’s thoughts Prof. VN Jha spoke on how CIF has transformed over the years and expressed his gratitude to Swamiji for being an integral part of his family. 

He then went on to announce the release of the publication ‘Ujjwala-Śāstra-vaibhavam’ – a collection of research articles by various renowned scholars, compiled and edited by Dr. Arun Kumar Mishra. 

The workshop participants consisting of past students as well as family members took the opportunity to share their experiences of Prof. Ujjwala Jha. 

Prof. V N Jha concluded the session by sharing the importance of Pada-vakya-pramana-shastra in attaining excellence in any aspect of life – be it vidya (taking us to moksha) or avidya (vyavaharika/material life).

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Wednesday, February 15, 2023. 07:30.

The Moksha Gita : Swami Sivananda

Chapter 3: The Nature of Maya - 3

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6. He who gets knowledge of the Self having overcome Maya, the illusory power, will alone know what Maya is, how it arises and is destroyed.

One who acquires Infinite Knowledge does not find any mystery in the appearance of Maya. The spiritual seeker overcomes Maya through meditation on Brahman and negation of worldly propensities. The Truth-centred Sage possesses the wealth of imperishable wisdom and is ever in unison with the One Whole Being of Brahman. The terrible sport of Maya appears as Satya or real to a worldly person, as Anirvachaniya or indescribable to an aspirant, and Tuccha or mean to a Jnani.

Knowledge of the Self is the resting in the awareness of the unlimitedness of Consciousness and Bliss in one unchangeable mass. When this stupendous state of Truth is experienced Maya flees away from that Light of Enlightenment. Where there is Light there cannot be darkness. When Avidya is destroyed, Vidya shines by itself. When the clouds are no more, the sun shines in his pristine greatness. When ignorance is removed, Knowledge at once reveals itself. When egoism is disintegrated, the Absolute alone hails supreme.

The why, what and how of Maya can be known only by one who has transcended Maya and has entered the Glory of the Self. Others can merely speculate over it, but cannot solve the riddle, for the instrument or the mechanism of human knowledge is centred in his psychological organ which is a modification of Maya itself. Darkness cannot destroy darkness. Ignorance cannot remove ignorance, for they both are not contradictory forces. Man's highest faculty of knowledge is the intellect which is itself a creature of self-limitation and hence it is impossible for the human being to determine the nature of the Power that supersedes him in extent and subtlety. It is only the intuitional light which comprehends in itself the totality of existence that can step above Maya and behold the majesty of the Self. Only then can the illusoriness of Maya and the eternity of Brahman be realised in completeness. Intellect should give way to the higher religious experience not based on the ego. Real religion begins when the intellect stops working. That is the religion of Self-realisation where the entire Brahman is experienced and Maya is totally negated.

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To be continued

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