Svapna & Suṣupti Consciousness—Illumination of Intelligence
Channel: Consciousness Research Centre
Date: 2023-10-04

Continuation of the analysis of Śaṅkarācārya's bhāśya on Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 4.3.7b

Namaste 🙏🏼 Let's take up where we left off last time: "The locative case in the term 'in the midst of the organs' indicates that the Self is different from the organs, as 'a rock in the midst of the trees' indicates only nearness. For there is a doubt about the identity or difference of the Self from the organs. 'In the midst of the organs' means 'different from the organs.' For that which is in the midst of certain other things is of course different from them, as 'a tree in the midst of the rocks.' 'Within the heart': one may think that the intellect, which is of the same class as the organs, is meant as being in the midst of the organs. This is refuted by the phrase 'within the heart'."

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