MIND : ITS MYSTERIES AND CONTROL : 20-1.




20.PROOF FOR THE EXISTENCE OF MIND-1.



What is the nature of the Atman or Brahman?

It is Sat-Chit-Ananda.

Atman is Vyapaka.

Then, what is it that limits the individual soul’s vision?

It is only mind.

This fact proves the existence of an internal instrument, the mind.


In the commentary on the Brihadaranyaka, Sri Sankara gives two proofs of the existence of  Manas.


One is that it is Manas which renders all knowledge through senses possible.

It is called Sarva Karma Vishaya Yoga.

Sense-knowledge is the product of the connection between the mind and the sensory organs.

That is why there is no simultaneity of the knowledge of the impressions received through the various sensory organs.

People say, “My mind was elsewhere.

I did not see that.”

The impossibility of this simultaneity of knowledge through various sensory organs is an indication of the existence of the mind.


Swami Sivananda

To be continued  ...




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