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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