Vedanta Pañcadaśī / Māyā (Illusion) -Shakthi(power)
Vedanta Pañcadaśī / Māyā–power notes (Sri Vidyāraṇya Swami commentary + Sri VYSar class + Upaniṣadic references) 1️⃣ Core meaning Jīvātman (individual self) = the subjective individual consciousness (the “pratyag-ātman”), the aware self. Paramātman (supreme Self) = Sat–Chit–Ānanda (Being–Awareness–Bliss); the sovereign in relation to māyā. Māyā = the adjunct/power associated with Paramātman; mind (manas) = adjunct associated with Jīvātman. Sat = the true reality that is present prior to the activity of māyā and the mind. > “Before māyā acts, Sat alone is. Before the mind acts, Sat alone is. You too are that Sat.” 2️⃣ On the sameness / correspondence of māyā and the mind Paramātman Jīvātman māyā mind (manas) tri-guna in character full of volitions — sankalpa / vikalpa is in its own mastery (swādhīna) is not in mastery; gets stirred is like witness (yathā-sākṣi), non-disturbable is desirous, disturbed, agitated Paramātman witnesses māyā; he is not dominated by it. If the Jīvātman...