CONCEPTS OF VEDANTA
Advaita-jnaana and upaasanaa (Non-dual realization and Meditations)

    Similarity and difference between the two : Ch.up. Introduction-S.B.-yathaa advaitajnaanam manovr.ttimaatram ---------saamaanyam.

    The similarity between non-dual realization and meditations is that both are mere modifications of the mind. svaabhaavikasya aatmani adhyaaropitasya --------------iti vis'eshaH.

    The difference between the two is this-non-dual realization removes totally the
cognition of all such differences as agent, instrument, action and results, which are superimposed naturally on the action- less Self, just as the appearance of a snake
is superimposed on a rope.

    This superimposition is removed by the knowledge of the substratum. But
meditation consists in establishing a continuous flow of similar modifications of
the mind with regard to some object as prescribed by the scriptures, and
uninterrupted by any other thought.

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