Mandukya_Upanishad

elationless. Samviśatyatmanātmānam: One who knowsthis secret, by deep meditation, enters the Ātman by theĀtman. We do not enter the Ātman by a gate, we enter theĀtman by the Ātman. We do not enter the Ātman; theĀtman enters the Ātman. We do not exist. We evaporateinto the Ātman, and the Ātman becomes the Ātman. Soundsmerge in Praṇava; it becomes the Ātman. The Ātman aloneis. When the Ātman becomes the Ātman through theĀtman, it is called ātmasākshātkāra – realisation of theĀtman. It is also brahmasākshātkāra – realisation ofBrahman. From the point of view of the Ātman animatingthe individual states, we call this achievementātmasākshātkāra. From the standpoint of this very sameĀtman animating the whole cosmos, we call itbrahmasākshātkāra. It is Self-realisation and Godrealisationat one and the same time. It is Existence, it isConsciousness, it is Power, it is Bliss, it is Perfection, it isImmortality, it is mokṣha, it is kaivalya. This is the Goal oflife, the path to which is beautifully described in theMāndūkya Upanishad.The Māndūkya is the essence of all the Upanishads, astudy and assimilation of which, alone, is sufficient to leadone to emancipation, māndūkyamekamevālammumukṣhūnam vimuktaye: For the liberation of the seeker,the Māndūkya Upanishad, alone, is adequate, if it isproperly digested into experience. You should not merelylisten to it, and then forget it. You have listened to anexposition of the glorious meaning of the MāndūkyaUpanishad, and I wish that you absorb it into your mindsand make it a part of your practical life. Let this knowledge121