Discover — Śravaṇam as Pramāṇa
Śravaṇam operates only when the mind is adhikārī‑yogyam. The śāstra is explicit: one must possess Sādhana Catuṣṭaya Sampatti — viveka, vairāgya, śamādi‑ṣaṭka‑sampatti, and mumukṣutvam — for the pramāṇa to function. Without this preparedness, the teaching remains intellectual and does not produce ātma‑jñāna.
Vedānta is not a philosophy to be reasoned out nor a practice to be perfected. It is a śabda‑pramāṇa revealing what is not available to perception or inference: the non‑dual ātman, free of doership, enjoyership, and limitation.
Śravaṇam is the systematic unfolding of this vision through the sampradāya, employing methodologies such as adhyāropa‑apavāda, lakṣaṇā, bhāga‑tyāga, and prakriyā‑based teaching. Each topic — ātma‑svarūpa, jagat‑svarūpa, īśvara‑svarūpa, and the jīva‑īśvara‑jagat‑sambandha — is unfolded with precision to remove habitual superimpositions (adhyāsa).
This section presents the core conceptual architecture required for śravaṇam to be effective:
- the nature of the knower‑known‑knowledge triad (pramātṛ‑prameya‑pramāṇa)
- the status of the world (mithyātva)
- the role of māyā in explaining apparent plurality
- the distinction between ātma and anātma
- the method by which the śāstra negates error without negating experience
When critical enquiry mananam can clarify doubts, then with viparīta‑bhāvanā and constant contemplation, nididhyāsanam can stabilize the vision.
Important Pages
Home – Journey to Self
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• Foundations of Advaita
• Methodology of Vedānta
• Nature of the Self
• Nature of the World
• Sadhana-Catustaya
• Key Texts & Mahāvākyas
• Seer-Seen-Drg-Drsya
• Science AI and Vedanta
Contemplation – Dwelling Steadfastly