Brahma Sutras (Shankaracharya)
by George Thibaut | 1890 | 203,611 words
English translation of the Brahma sutras (aka. Vedanta Sutras) with commentary by Shankaracharya (Shankara Bhashya): One of the three canonical texts of the Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy. The Brahma sutra is the exposition of the philosophy of the Upanishads. It is an attempt to systematise the various strands of the Upanishads which form the ...
II, 3, 39
39. And on account of the impossibility of meditation (samādhi).
Moreover the meditation taught in the Vedānta-texts, whose aim is the realisation of the Self as represented by the Upaniṣads, is possible only if the Self is the agent[1]. Compare the following passages, 'Verily, the Self is to be seen, to be heard, to be perceived, to be marked' (Bṛ. Up. II, 4, 5); 'The Self we must seek out, we must try to understand' (Ch. Up. VIII, 7, 1); 'Meditate on the Self as Om' (Mu. Up. II, 2, 6).--Therefrom also it follows that the Self is an agent.
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The Self which enjoys the fruit of final release must be the agent in the meditation which is instrumental in bringing about final release.