Sutra Vahini
Preface
An aphorism (Sutra) expresses the genus of its meaning in a few terse words. The Brahma-sutras systematically explains the basic principles of Vedanta, the science of Supreme Reality. When contemplated, they reveal the innermost metaphysical secrets.
Today, harmony is the need of the hour. The ephemeral world needs spiritual awareness and this is what the Vedantins visualise. Vedic scriptures offer comforting counsel. They throw a kindly light.
Man has distorted vision(ku-darshan) he dotes on apparently real and also non-real phenomena. True vision (su-darshtan)makes him cognise the universal Being in nature’s creations. Realisation of this awareness is liberation (moksha). The be-all and end-all of life of the human being is the realisation of constant integrated awareness —of Brahman visualised both as the primary, absolute, supreme, unlimited entity and as its subsidiary cosmic creative aspect and mergence in Brahman.
In this Stream of Aphorisms (Sutra Vahini) on Brahman, Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba has lighted the universal lamp of the wisdom of Atma/Brahman (Divine Self). This stream of aphorisms first appeared in serialised form in Sanatana Sarathi. Bhagawan, in His infinite love, elaborated on the “Essence of Brahma-sutras in twelve selected aphorisms”. Bhagawan’s sublime and profound words and spiritual wisdom are indeed highly elevating and illuminating. Bathing in this pellucid Stream of Aphorisms, a person develops correct or true vision of Reality, that bestows supreme delight.
In the words of Bhagawan Baba, “Acquisition of the higher knowledge alone can fulfill the main purpose of human life. Such knowledge makes one aware that one is not the inert insentient body, etc., but that one is consciousness itself manifesting as the embodiment of Being Awareness-Bliss (Sat-Chit-Ananda). When this truth dawns and is experienced, one becomes a person liberated while alive(jeevan-mukta).” This is the state of realisation of the innate nature of a people —the divinity of humanity.
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Index
Preface
Stream of Aphorisms on Brahman
Thereafter, The Inquiry Into Brahman
Brahman is the Cosmic Source, Force, and Support
Brahman Is The Source Of All Knowledge
All Vedantic Axioms Posit Only Brahman
Consciousness, Not Matter, Is The Primal Cause Of The Cosmos
Supreme Self Is The Primal Entity, Not Primordial Matter
Divine Will is the Cause of all Causes
Individual Merges in the Universal Brahman
Omniscient Brahman, the Cause of the Cosmos
Divine Light and Divine Feet
Brahman as Cosmic Breath or Life
Brahman is the Universal Teaching
Preface
An aphorism (Sutra) expresses the genus of its meaning in a few terse words. The Brahma-sutras systematically explains the basic principles of Vedanta, the science of Supreme Reality. When contemplated, they reveal the innermost metaphysical secrets.
Today, harmony is the need of the hour. The ephemeral world needs spiritual awareness and this is what the Vedantins visualise. Vedic scriptures offer comforting counsel. They throw a kindly light.
Man has distorted vision(ku-darshan) he dotes on apparently real and also non-real phenomena. True vision (su-darshtan)makes him cognise the universal Being in nature’s creations. Realisation of this awareness is liberation (moksha). The be-all and end-all of life of the human being is the realisation of constant integrated awareness —of Brahman visualised both as the primary, absolute, supreme, unlimited entity and as its subsidiary cosmic creative aspect and mergence in Brahman.
In this Stream of Aphorisms (Sutra Vahini) on Brahman, Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba has lighted the universal lamp of the wisdom of Atma/Brahman (Divine Self). This stream of aphorisms first appeared in serialised form in Sanatana Sarathi. Bhagawan, in His infinite love, elaborated on the “Essence of Brahma-sutras in twelve selected aphorisms”. Bhagawan’s sublime and profound words and spiritual wisdom are indeed highly elevating and illuminating. Bathing in this pellucid Stream of Aphorisms, a person develops correct or true vision of Reality, that bestows supreme delight.
In the words of Bhagawan Baba, “Acquisition of the higher knowledge alone can fulfill the main purpose of human life. Such knowledge makes one aware that one is not the inert insentient body, etc., but that one is consciousness itself manifesting as the embodiment of Being Awareness-Bliss (Sat-Chit-Ananda). When this truth dawns and is experienced, one becomes a person liberated while alive(jeevan-mukta).” This is the state of realisation of the innate nature of a people —the divinity of humanity.
Original Publishers