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    Papaji discusses different perspectives on enlightenment: 1) Enlightenment is a label and concept of the mind, whereas true reality is prior to and beyond concepts of enlightened or unenlightened. 2) The mind suggests notions of bondage and freedom, but these arise from the mind itself. One's true self is ever self-realized and does not require effort or practices to realize. 3) Silence and peace are contagious - if the mind is quiet, the divine is revealed in absolute silence. He describes two main paths to realizing the self: inquiry through questioning "who am I" which engages the mind fully, and devotion through surrender to

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    Papaji discusses different perspectives on enlightenment: 1) Enlightenment is a label and concept of the mind, whereas true reality is prior to and beyond concepts of enlightened or unenlightened. 2) The mind suggests notions of bondage and freedom, but these arise from the mind itself. One's true self is ever self-realized and does not require effort or practices to realize. 3) Silence and peace are contagious - if the mind is quiet, the divine is revealed in absolute silence. He describes two main paths to realizing the self: inquiry through questioning "who am I" which engages the mind fully, and devotion through surrender to

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    What is Enlightnement?

    Papaji

    Q: How would you define enlightenment? What is enlightenment?


    Papaji: Don’t become anything, even enlightenment is becoming
    something. I am enlightened and before that you are not enlightened, so don’t
    label yourself. The very question what is enlightenment is coming of that place,
    before enlightenment. When you speak about enlightenment yet this word is
    coming from somewhere else and enlightenment and bondage are more words,
    before that mind, before that thought, before that nothing, only silence, so silence
    is the name and silence is not the name.

    Q: I see that this enlightenment we are all in. And what you are
    talking about is beyond the mind?
    Papaji: It is the suggestion of the mind that there is bondage and that
    there is freedom, so check where this notion itself is arising from, that
    somewhere else is no other than your own Self. Self is Self realized, it doesn’t
    need any of your efforts, any of your method to realize itself, it is ever realized,
    for this you don’t need any kind of practice, just keep quiet and that’s all in this
    simple existence and you are at home.

    Q: Something happens here in the world in your presence.


    Papaji: Something is happening because of silence, because of
    peace, because of silence, because of absolute silence; if your mind is silent, if
    your mind is quiet, there is God, there is silence, this is the silence and that is
    contagious

    Q: How can one realize the Self?


    Papaji: There are two ways, one is inquiring and the other is
    devotion. Both are equally good. A third way is karma through service, which we
    are not dealing with here. Now vichar means inquiry, this you have to do by
    yourself by questioning: Who am I. This is quite enough, when you ask you hold
    on to the question and then there are no other thoughts in the mind because the
    mind is engaged already in this question and the solution of the question, who am
    I you stick to it, keep very alert, absolute attention, the mind can have only one
    thought at one time, so holding on to this inquiry no other there it will come, the
    mind is already occupied, this will take you where originally you belong to.

    Q: Could you talk about devotion, how is it different from vichar?


    Papaji: In devotion you have to do nothing, you have only to
    surrender, simply surrender to God who will look after everything, even now it is
    God who is looking after you. With surrender, the devotee merges into the divine
    to God itself; surrender is freedom, love of freedom itself, you see.

    Read this and other texts at www.advaita.com.br


    – Teachings of Advaita Vedanta, Ramana Maharshi, Papaji, Nisargadatta Maharaj e Mooji –

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