ATMABOTHAM:-[BY ADI SANKARACHARYA]
SLOGAM-1.
DON'T MISUNDERSTAND THAT VRATHAM AND MIND CONTROL ARE THE ONLY WAY TO ATTAI PARAMAPADAM.
IT IS NOT BOTH ABOVE ARE OK, BUT JNANAMONLY TAKES YOU TO THE LORD,IE MUKTHI.
HERE THE ELIGIBILITY FOR THE READERS OF THIS BOOK IS DEFINED:-
TAPAS,PAPAM,SANTHAM,RAGAM,MUMUKSHA ARE TOUCHED IN THIS SLOGAM.
APART FROM THIS FOUR ITEMS MENTIONED ,THESE THINGS COMBINELY CALLED AS ANUBANDACHATHUSHTAYAM.
THEY ARE 1.VISHYAM[OBJECTS], 2.PRAYAJANAM [USEFULNESS], 3.SAMBHANDAM[RELATIONSHIP], 4.ADHIKARI [AUTHORITY].
TAPAS:-IN THE FIELD OF KARMA, ALL DEDICATED ACTIVITIESB ARE TAPAS. PILGRIMAGE,FASTING, JAPA,MEDITATION ARE ACTIVITIES DONE FOR MIND CONTROL.[ATMA]THESE THINGS ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF TAPAS.
BY THIS PAPAM IS MINIMISED.
PAPAM:-PAPAM ARE NOT KARMA BUT VASANAS[MOTIVATING FACTORS IN EMOTIONAL PROFILE]. THIS IS DUE TO FORMATION OF VASANAS [WRONG DOINGS] IN THE MIND.
THESE PAPA VASANAS EXTINGUISH [ATMA NIYANTRANAM]
WITH THE HELP OF TAPAS VASANAS ARE MINIMISED AND GAIN INTERNAL STRENGTH,
RAGA AND DWESHA ARE CONTROLED AND DESIRE TO COME OUT OF SAMSARABANDAM WILL BE POSSIBLE'
THE ABOVE MENTIONED PEOPLE ARE ELIGIBLE TO READ THIS BOOK ATMABODAM. SAYS SWAMIJI SANKARACHARYA.
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