Tattvabodha 03/10 by Swami Aparajitananda

Hari Om!!Swāmi Aparājitānandaji concludes explanation on the shamādi shatka sampatti and sādhana chatushtaya and enters into the systematic enquiry of the Self (Ātmā), which Bhagavān Ādi Shankarāchāryaji describes using fourteen terms. The first of these terms, sthūla sharira, is elaborated upon today.Let us be alert and briskly follow Swāmiji into this great enquiry by Bhagavān Shankarāchāryaji!Gateways to today's talk: • What is antar-indriya? • What is titiksha at the body, mind, intellect level? • How is titiksha defined in Vivekachūdamani? • What is the loss in not applying titiksha? • What are the ways in which mind can be kept peaceful even while enduring the pinpricks of life? • What is shraddhā? How is it developed? • Why is faith important in Spirituality? • Why is God beyond proof and disproof? • When does shradhhā become your jñāna (knowledge)? • What is the source of shraddhā? • What is samādhānam? • Why do some of the greatest scientists sit in meditation before entering their labs? • What are the four Ds that a seeker should cultivate to be fit to enquire into the Ultimate Truth? • How to become a fit student of Spirituality as per Bhagavad Gītā? • What is tattva-viveka? • What is Ātmā? • What is mithyā? • What are the 3 (three) ways to define anything in Spirituality? • What is svarūpa-lakshana? • What is tatastha-lakshana? • What is atatvyāvritti-lakshana or the "neti neti method"? • Which are the 14 (fourteen) terms introduced by Bhagavān Adi Shankaracharya ji to explain the term Ātmā? • What is sthūla (condition of the body)? • What is upādāna kāranam (material cause)? • What is nimitta kāranam (efficient cause)? • What has decided the nature and form of our present body? • What are the 3 (three) types of experiences? • What is the function of body? • Which is the city of 9 (nine) gates? What are the gates? • What is the nature or properties of the body i.e. 6 (six) modifications of the body?( Tattvabodha - Talk 3 of 10)