Aparokṣānubhūti is a compound consisting of aparokṣa ("perceptible") and anubhūti (अनुभूति)("knowledge"), meaning "direct cognition" or "direct experience of the Absolute."
Aparokshanubhuti reveals profound insights into the nature of reality, highlighting the illusory nature of the world and the individual self's true identity as part of the Universal Self.
The Aparokshanubhuti is a work attributed to Adi Shankara It is a popular introductory work that expounds Advaita Vedanta philosophy. In Advaita Vedanta, it refers to the realization of the identity of the individual self (Atman) with the ultimate reality (Brahman). This realization is not an intellectual understanding but a direct, experiential awareness. This experience is not based on inference or reasoning but on a direct, intuitive understanding that goes beyond the limitations of ordinary perception.
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Aparokṣānubhūti is a compound consisting of aparokṣa ("perceptible") and anubhūti (अनुभूति)("knowledge"), meaning "direct cognition" or "direct experience of the Absolute."
Aparokshanubhuti reveals profound insights into the nature of reality, highlighting the illusory nature of the world and the individual self's true identity as part of the Universal Self.
The Aparokshanubhuti is a work attributed to Adi Shankara It is a popular introductory work that expounds Advaita Vedanta philosophy. In Advaita Vedanta, it refers to the realization of the identity of the individual self (Atman) with the ultimate reality (Brahman). This realization is not an intellectual understanding but a direct, experiential awareness. This experience is not based on inference or reasoning but on a direct, intuitive understanding that goes beyond the limitations of ordinary perception.
Verse No 66
Here, the reason (hetu), along with a supporting example, is given under the heading “kārya” (effect). The Śruti says:
“Dear one, by knowing a lump of clay, all that is made of clay becomes known” (Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.1.4).
The reasoning is as follows: If the effect (pot, jar, etc.) were truly different from the cause (clay), then knowledge of the cause would not yield knowledge of all its effects. Since it does (as per the Upaniṣad), the effect must be non-different from its cause.
Verse No 67
The non-difference of effect and cause (kārya–kāraṇa-ananyatva) is further clarified by means of an illustration.
The “grasped” (gṛhyamāṇa) object — here, the shining self (bhāsura) — is of the nature of illumination itself, self-luminous, requiring no external means of knowledge (pramāṇa-nirapekṣa).
Aparokshanubhuti
Aparokṣānubhūti is a compound consisting of aparokṣa ("perceptible") and anubhūti (अनुभूति)("knowledge"), meaning "direct cognition" or "direct experience of the Absolute."
Aparokshanubhuti reveals profound insights into the nature of reality, highlighting the illusory nature of the world and the individual self's true identity as part of the Universal Self.
The Aparokshanubhuti is a work attributed to Adi Shankara It is a popular introductory work that expounds Advaita Vedanta philosophy. In Advaita Vedanta, it refers to the realization of the identity of the individual self (Atman) with the ultimate reality (Brahman). This realization is not an intellectual understanding but a direct, experiential awareness. This experience is not based on inference or reasoning but on a direct, intuitive understanding that goes beyond the limitations of ordinary perception.
