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Jiṋánanirmathanábhyásat páshaḿ dahati pańd́itah. | Jiṋánanirmathanábhyásat páshaḿ dahati pańd́itah. | ||
[A spiritual aspirant burns the ropes of his páshas (fetters, bondages) by using his body as the arańi (lower piece of wood) and mantra as the uttarárańi (upper piece of wood – the two pieces are rubbed together). An aspirant churns spiritual and mundane knowledge to separate the spiritual from the mundane (as churning separates butter from buttermilk).]|source=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}} | [A spiritual aspirant burns the ropes of his páshas (fetters, bondages) by using his body as the arańi (lower piece of wood) and mantra as the uttarárańi (upper piece of wood – the two pieces are rubbed together). An aspirant churns spiritual and mundane knowledge to separate the spiritual from the mundane (as churning separates butter from buttermilk).]|source=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}} | ||
Anandamurti starts the discourse by saying that a spiritual aspirant uses his body as a large piece of wood and his mantra as a smaller piece of wood used in creating fire by friction. Anandamurti then elaborates | Anandamurti starts the discourse by saying that a spiritual aspirant uses his body as a large piece of wood and his mantra as a smaller piece of wood used in creating fire by friction. Anandamurti then elaborates this metaphor, explaining that every entity has its own unique rhythm. When that rhythm comes in contact with the incantative rhythm of one's Ista mantra, one will finally reach the supreme abode, self realization. Anandamurti goes on explaining that through the friction described above, the mind becomes purified. Ultimately one realizes that one is Brahma. Such a person is called a ''pandita''.<ref name="AV34"/> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||