TOC Karika 4 Alata-Shanti Prakarana “Quenching the Firebrand" (from Chinmaya Sandeepany)

Section 4.1: PRELIMINARIES 

Verse 4.0: The Guru-Parampara (Lineage or Hierarchy)

Verse 4.1: The Purpose of this Chapter

Verse 4.2: Salutation to the “Asparsha Yoga” 

Verse 4.3: Positing of Cause for Creation

Verse 4.4: Vedantic Arguments Used

Verse 4.5: The Vedantic Approach

Verse 4.6: “The Immortal is Birthless” 

Verse 4.7: “Immortality is Its Essential Nature”

Verse 4.8: “The Immortal is Immutable” 

Section 4.2: THE SANKHYANS REFUTED 

Verse 4.9: Inherent Nature of a Thing

Verse 4.10: Inherent Nature of Spirit 

Verse 4.11: Logic Violation 1: Cause Becomes Effect

Verse 4.12: Logic Violation 2: Effect Becomes Cause

Verse 4.13: Effect Born from the Unborn or Born?

Section 4.3: THE MEEMAMSAKAS REFUTED

Verse 4.14: The Meemamsakas’ Assertions

Verse 4.15: The Vedantin’s Reply to the Meemamsakas

Verse 4.16: Cause & Effect – Sequential or Simultaneous

Verse 4.17: The Chain of Illogic

Verse 4.18: Cause & Effect – Which Comes First?

Verse 4.19: The Logical Conclusions Presented

Verse 4.20: The ‘Unproved’ Used as Proof!

Verse 4.21: A Pointer to “Birthlessness”

Verse 4.22: The Summary Statement 

Verse 4.23: Cause & Effect are Birthless 

Section 4.4: REALISTS vs. IDEALISTS

Verse 4.24: The View of the Realists

Verse 4.25: The Idealists – i) Subjective Knowledge

Verse 4.26: The Idealists – ii) World is Not There

Verse 4.27: The Idealists – iii) Experiences

Verse 4.28: Vedanta’s Response – “Nothing is Born”

Verse 4.29: Birthlessness – Essential Nature of Reality

Section 4.5: BONDAGE vs. LIBERATION

Verse 4.30: Samsara & Liberation are Initial Concepts

Verse 4.31: The Unreal Never Exists

Verse 4.32: Utility is no Test for Reality 

Section 4.6: THE ILLUSION OF CAUSALITY 

Verses 4.33-36: The Falsity of Dream – 4 Reasons

Verse 4.37: Common View: Waking Causes Dream

Verse 4.38: Why Creation is Declared Unreal

Verse 4.39 The Evidence of Emotional Reaction

Verse 4.40: Causality Just Not Possible

Verse 4.41: Fanciful Whims in Waking State

Section 4.7: THE SAGE’S COMPROMISE 

Verse 4.42: The Sage’s Compassionate Compromise

Verse 4.43: Dilution of the Truth is Negligible

Verse 4.44: Perception & Behaviour do not Prove Existence

Verse 4.45: The Status of Brahman

Verse 4.46: The Status of the Jeeva

Section 4.8: THE FIREBRAND METAPHOR 

Verse 4.47: The Firebrand in Motion

Verse 4.48: The Firebrand When Still

Verses 4.49 & 50: Simile of the Firebrand 

Verses 4.51 & 52: Application to Consciousness

Section 4.9: THE EMPIRICAL VIEWPOINT 

Verse 4.53: Substance, Non-substance & Soul

Verse 4.54: Cause and Effect Negated 

Verse 4.55: Perpetuation in Causality 

Verse 4.56: Perpetuation of Samsara 

Verse 4.57: The Two Viewpoints on Life 

Verse 4.58: The Pivotal Role of Maya

Verse 4.59: Illusion Breeds Illusion Only 

Verse 4.60: Reality Breeds Reality Only 

Section 4.10: FROM PLURALITY TO REALITY 

Verses 4.61 & 62: Duality & Projection of Mind

Verses 4.63 & 64: An Analysis of the Dream Experience

Verses 4.65 & 66: An Analysis of the Waking Experience

Verse 4.67: Inter-dependence of Mind & Objects

Verses 4.68-70: No Birth & Death – In “Dream”

Verse 4.71: The Non-Dual Reality

Verse 4.72: Consciousness – “Object-less & Relation-less”

Verse 4.73: How Views Change with Height 

Verse 4.74: More Astonishing Comparison of Views

Section 4.11: SEVEN FRUITS OF KNOWLEDGE

Verse 4.75: 1. The End of Attachment 

Verse 4.76: 2. Liberation from Causality  

Verse 4.77: 3. Liberation from Birth

Verse 4.78: 4. Liberation from the Three Afflictions

Verse 4.79: 5. Liberation from Infatuation 

Verse 4.80: 6. Attainment of Equipoise 

Verse 4.81: 7. Vision of the Self-effulgent Self

Section 4.12: FROM PASSION TO DISPASSION

Verse 4.82: Passion for Sense Objects

Verse 4.83: Passion for Intellectual Arguments

Verse 4.84: Integration of All Theories 

Verse 4.85: The Integrated Sage is Dispassionate 

Verse 4.86: The Natural State of the Wise 

Section 4.13: THE FINAL SUMMARY

Verse 4.87: The Waking & Dream States 

Verse 4.88: The Deep Sleep & Turiya States 

Verse 4.89 The Threefold Jnanam & Jneyam 

Verse 4.90: Fourfold Re-Classification of the Knowledge

Verse 4.91: All Souls are Beginningless 

Verse 4.92: All Souls are Immutable 

Verse 4.93: All Souls are Equal

Verse 4.94: The Pitiable Condition of Dualists 

Verse 4.95: Pre-Conditions for Self-Realisation 

Verse 4.96: More on “Objectless Knowledge” 

Verse 4.97: Perpetual Enslavement to Objects 

Verse 4.98: All Souls are Ever Pure

Verse 4.99: Knowledge Unconcerned with Objects 

Verse 4.100: Obeisance to the State of Non-Duality!

3 Verses “Salutations to the Guru Parampara”