Aparokṣānubhūti 2–3: Preliminary Qualifications
Channel: Consciousness Research Centre
Date: 2022-03-13

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2. “Herein is indeed expounded Aparokṣānubhūtiḥ (the means of attaining to Self-realization) for the acquisition of final liberation. Only the pure in heart should constantly and with all effort meditate upon the truth herein taught.”

3. “The four preliminary qualifications (the means to the attainment of knowledge), such as vairāgya (dispassion) and the like, are acquired by men by propitiating Lord Hari, through austerities and the performance of duties pertaining to their social order and stage in life.”

Summary of Qualifications (Aparokṣānubhūti 3-10):
1. Vairāgya—indifference to objects of enjoyment
2. Viveka—discrimination between Seer and seen
3. The Six Treasures:
     1. Śama—abandonment of desires
     2. Dama—restraint of external sense organs
     3. Uparati—turning away from all sense objects
     4. Titikṣā—patient endurance of sorrow and pain
     5. Śraddhā—implicit faith in Vedas and Guru
     6. Samādhāna—concentration of the mind on Brahman
4. Mumukṣutā—burning desire for mukti (liberation)