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Tuesday, 12 November 2024
Yam raj to Nachiketa. Mindful. Samanaska
Samanaska (समनस्क) refers to “one who is mindful” (as opposed to Amanaska —‘one who is mindless’), according to the Kaṭhopaniṣat 3.7-8.—Accordingly, while describing the metaphor of the Self (ātman) as the owner of the chariot: “[That charioteer] who has not discerned [the supreme Brahma], who is mindless (amanaska) [of it] and constantly impure, he does not obtain that [supreme] state and goes [on living in] the cycle of life and death. However, the one who has discerned [the supreme Brahma], who is mindful (samanaska) [of it] and constantly pure, goes to the [supreme] state from which he is not born again [into the cycle of life and death”.
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